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On Another Man's Wound, O'Malley's account of his experiences
during Ireland's War of Independence, was first published to
instant acclaim in 1936 and was followed by his account of his
experiences in the Civil War in The Singing Flame. O'Malley had
reported directly to Michael Collins and Richard Mulcahy during the
War of Independence and was appointed OC of the Second Southern
Division, the second largest division of the IRA. When the Treaty
with Britain was signed on 6 December 1921, diehard Republicans
like O'Malley would not accept it. In the bitter Civil War that
followed, O'Malley was in the Four Courts when it was attacked by
the Free State army. Later he was OC of the Republicans in Ulster
and Leinster. He was eventually captured and imprisoned until July
1924. He was one of the last Republican prisoners to be released.
The Free Staters had won and O'Malley, feeling there was no place
for him in this new Ireland, went to live in the USA where he wrote
his memoirs.
`Nobody's Business': The Aran Diaries of Ernie O'Malley presents
new insights into the contradictions and complexities of the mind
of Ernie O'Malley, one of mid-twentieth century Ireland's foremost
cultural critics. In 1941, 1955 and 1956, the former revolutionary
leader and author of the acclaimed memoir of the War of
Independence, On Another Man's Wound, visited the Aran Islands.
While on the islands, O'Malley kept diaries recounting his daily
conversations and interactions with other visitors and islanders
including Elizabeth Rivers, with whom he stayed on one occasion,
Charles Lamb and Sean Keating. The diaries, devoid of sentiment and
often highly critical, reveal his views on art, literature, history
and contemporary Irish life and international affairs as well as
his thoughts on the economic, religious and daily life of the Aran
islanders. His unvarnished observations on the inconsistencies and
hypocrisies of life in post-Independence Ireland make his diaries
absorbing and provocative. Edited with introductory essays by
Cormac O'Malley and Roisin Kennedy and an afterword by Luke
Gibbons, `Nobody's Business': The Aran Diaries of Ernie O'Malley
offers fascinating insights into the mind and opinions of a key
figure in Irish cultural nationalism.
More than any other book of the period, On Another Man's Wound
captures the feel of Ireland the way people lived, their attitudes
and beliefs and paints brilliant cameo sketches of the great
personalities of the Rising and the War. Like many of the Irish,
O'Malley was largely indifferent to the attempts to establish an
independent Ireland until the Easter Rising of 1916. As the fight
progressed his feelings changed and he joined the Irish Republican
Army.
The Centenary Classics contains six titles in this special edition
series. The year 2016 marks the beginning of the centenary period
of the Irish Free State's establishment. This beautifully produced
limited edition series examines the fascinating time of change and
evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago. Each volume is a
first-hand account of individuals or events during the 1913-23
revolutionary period. They are each introduced by leading experts
and academics in the field - giving a contemporary analysis of the
original text - while a general series introduction by Fearghal
McGarry sets the scene of the period. The complete series
collectively tells the story of the birth of the Irish nation and
consist of the following six titles: 978-1-906359-94-2 A Chronicle
of Jails - Darrell Figgis; 978-1-906359-95-9 Civil War in Ulster -
Joseph Johnston; 978-1-906359-96-6 Free State or Republic? -
Padraig de Burca and John F. Boyle; 978-1-906359-97-3 Rising Out -
Ernie O'Malley; 978-1-906359-98-0 Victory and Woe - Mossie Harnett
and 978-1-906359-99-7 The Victory of Sinn Fein - P. S. O'Hegarty.
The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of
change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the
1916-23 revolutionary period. Each volume is introduced by Fearghal
McGarry who sets the scene of this important period in Ireland's
history. Rising Out tells the story of Brigadier Sean Connolly, O/C
of the Longford Brigade, who was fatally wounded in action on 11
March 1921 at Selton Hill, near Mohill (Co. Leitrim), by British
forces during the War of Independence. Comdt-General Ernie O'Malley
came across the story in interviews with Tan and Civil War
survivors in the early 1950s. The account makes Connolly come alive
as a person - his schooling, love of music, education, farming
family background and devotion to the nationalist cause. O'Malley,
who had actually organised the Irish Volunteers in parts of the
area and had known many of the local leaders, gives the social
setting for the IRA activities and explains the subtle roles of the
IRA General HQ, of the Catholic Church and the Anglo-Irish gentry.
Most memorably, he describes in detail what the fighting men
actually did locally and what a local leader had to do in order to
organise his men.The introduction by his son, Cormac K. H.
O'Malley, explains how this memoir came into existence and
describes his father's role during the revolutionary period.
For the first time in published form 'The Men Will Talk to Me:
Galway Interviews' chronicles the experiences of the Galway-based
survivors of the War of Independence and the Civil War, recorded in
the hand-written notebooks of Ernie O'Malley. Many of the
individuals would not talk about their experiences, even to their
own families, but were willing to talk to Commandant General
O'Malley, the senior surviving Republican military commander, who
took on the task of preserving the memories of these participants.
The resulting O'Malley notebooks provide an unrivaled insight into
this important period of Irish history, including the attack on
Clifden and life 'on the run' for the Galway IRA volunteers.
This previously unpublished manuscript tells the story of Brigadier
Sean Connolly, O/C of the Longford Brigade, who was fatally wounded
in action on 11 March 1921 at Selton Hill, near Mohill (Co.
Leitrim), by British forces during the War of Independence.
Comdt-General Ernie O'Malley came across the story in interviews
with Tan and Civil War survivors in the early 1950s. The account
makes Connolly come alive as a person - his schooling, love of
music, education, farming family background and devotion to the
nationalist cause. O'Malley, who had actually organised the Irish
Volunteers in parts of the area and had known many of the local
leaders, gives the social setting for the IRA activities and
explains the subtle roles of the IRA General HQ, of the Catholic
Church and the Anglo-Irish gentry. Most memorably, it describes in
detail what the fighting men actually did locally and what a local
leader had to do in order to organise his men.
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