Baptised In Blood: The formation of the Cork Brigade of Irish Volunteers 1913 - 1916 - Softcover
The euphoria that surrounded the formation of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin in 1913 captured the imagination of the country and a series of similar meetings were organised for other locations throughout Ireland. In Cork a public meeting took place in City Hall on Sunday evening, 14 December 1913. After a very contentious meeting over 500 men enlisted in the new organisation and were constituted as 'The Cork City Corps' of the Irish Volunteers. The fragile unity achieved within the ranks of this countrywide Volunteer movement was shattered by the outbreak of the First World War. Thousands of their number set off to serve with great distinction in the tenth and sixteenth divisions of the British army. The more militant minority, of whom initially there remained only 12,000, refused to follow suit, and dominated by the IRB, they retained the title of 'Irish Volunteers' (Oglaig na hEireann), and set about the daunting task of rebuilding an entire organisation.
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Gerry White was born in New York City in 1957 and is company quartermaster sergeant in the Irish Defence Forces. He has published several historical articles andis co-author with Dan Harvey of The Barracks, A History of Victoria/Collins BarracksCork (Mercier Press, 1997), and co-author with Brendan OShea of The Irish Volunteer Soldier 19131923 (Osprey, 2003).Dr Brendan OShea was born in Tipperary in 1958 and is a commandant in the Irish Defence Forces. He is the author of Crisis at Bihac, Bosnias Bloody Battlefield (Sutton Publishing, 1998), The Modern Yugoslav Conflict 19911995 (Frank Cass, 2005), co-author with Gerry White of The Irish Volunteer Soldier 19131923 (Osprey, 2003), and editor of In the Service of Peace, Memories of Lebanon (Mercier Press, 2001).
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- PublisherMercier Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1856354652
- ISBN 13 9781856354653
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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