The Men Will Talk to Me (Ernie O'Malley series, West Cork Brigade)

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, John Borgonovo, Andy Bielenberg, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, John Borgonovo, Andy Bielenberg

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781781172469
• eBook ISBN: 9781781174241
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

In the 1940s and 1950s Ernie O'Malley interviewed survivors of Ireland's struggle for independence. These interviews, now being made available to the public for the first time, give a fascinating insight into the times and the people who fought. The West Cork interviews detail IRA intervention in Ulster, as well as giving prominence to the Cork No. 5 Brigade. Of eight interview subjects, five participated in the IRA's invasion of Northern Ireland. The interviewees talk about the Republican rifle exchange with the National Army which occurred secretly in May 1922, as Free State rifles supplied by Britain were swapped with IRA rifles, which were then sent to arm the IRA in Ulster. They also document the gruesome torture of Brigade Commander Ted O'Sullivan.

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Military Archives

Military Service Pension Collection

Pension and Award Files

Organisation and Membership Files

Bureau of Military History

Witness Statements

Newspapers

The Cork Examiner

Irish Independent

The Irish Press

Nenagh Guardian

Southern Star

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Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Introduction
• James Bernard ‘Barney’ O’Driscoll
• Stephen O’Neill
• Billy O’Sullivan
• Jack Fitzgerald
• Maurice ‘Mossy’ Donegan
• Ted O’Sullivan
• Florry Begley
• Liam Deasy
• Appendix
• Chronology of Significant Events in West Cork Related in the Interviews
• Bibliography
• About the Author
• About the Publisher