Guerrilla Days in Ireland
Encyclopedia
Guerilla Days in Ireland is a book written by Irish Republican Army
leader Tom Barry
in 1949. The book describes the actions of Barry's Third West Cork Brigade
during the Anglo-Irish War, such as the ambushes at Kilmichael
and Crossbarry
, as well as numerous other less known attacks made by the Brigade against the British Army
, Black and Tans
, the Auxiliary Division
and Royal Irish Constabulary
.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
leader Tom Barry
Tom Barry
Thomas Barry was one of the most prominent guerrilla leaders in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence.-Early life:...
in 1949. The book describes the actions of Barry's Third West Cork Brigade
Third West Cork Brigade
The 3rd Cork Brigade, also known as Third Cork Brigade was a unit of the Irish Republican Army that operated in the western areas of County Cork during the Anglo-Irish War....
during the Anglo-Irish War, such as the ambushes at Kilmichael
Kilmichael
Kilmichael may refer to:*Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland - scene of the Kilmichael Ambush*Kilmichael, Mississippi, USA*Kilmichael Structure, geological feature, near Kilmichael, Mississippi...
and Crossbarry
Crossbarry
Crossbarry or Crosbarry is a small village on the R589 Regional Road in the Innishannon parish, about fourteen miles west of Cork City, Ireland. There is a mill overlooking the local shop. There is one pub in the village The Crossbarry Inn. The River Owenabue flows through the village...
, as well as numerous other less known attacks made by the Brigade against the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, Black and Tans
Black and Tans
The Black and Tans was one of two newly recruited bodies, composed largely of British World War I veterans, employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary as Temporary Constables from 1920 to 1921 to suppress revolution in Ireland...
, the Auxiliary Division
Auxiliary Division
The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary , generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, was a paramilitary organization within the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence....
and Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary
The armed Royal Irish Constabulary was Ireland's major police force for most of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police controlled the capital, and the cities of Derry and Belfast, originally with their own police...
.