Courage and Conflict: forgotten stories of the Irish at war

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Courage and Conflict contains an exciting mixture of stories of Irish people in war at home and abroad. Many of the extraordinary histories within this book have been forgotten, others are being told for the first time, while some are retold based on new evidence or new interpretations that have emerged in recent years. Below you can find a brief outline of its contents but, if you click on the drop-down menu above, you will see much more information on individual chapters within the book:

• The history of the Irish troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. While Myles Keogh is a name familiar to many people, over 100 other Irish-born troops fought at the battle. This book is the first to tell their story.

• The life of John Barry, his role in the American Revolution and his reputation as the ‘Father of the United States navy’.

• The epic history of Irish involvement in the American Civil War. Around 170,000 Irish-born soldiers took part in the war. They fought and died for both North and South.

• The story of James Daly and the mutiny of the Connaught Rangers in India on hearing news of the continuing war in Ireland.

• The true story behind Michael Collins’s ‘Squad’ and all of the violence of Dublin’s Bloody Sunday in 1920 with new evidence on the killings at Croke Park.

• The history of the pioneering inventor John Philip Holland, the key figure in the development of the modern submarine and many of the world’s underwater fleets.

• The tale of British army officer John Henry Patterson who saw action throughout the world but who is most remembered for his exploits in Kenya during 1898.

• The relatively unknown story of the soldiers of the Irish Battalion in the Papal army who volunteered to fight in Italy during 1860.
  

• The history of the San Patricios, deserters from the US army, who fought for Mexico in the 1840s and who suffered an appalling fate as a result of their actions.

Ultimately, Courage and Conflict is a collection of stories on Irish people living through dangerous and dramatic times. These stories portray some of the triumphs and the tragedies, the heroism and the brutality, of the Irish at war.

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Some Reviews of Courage and Conflict

‘A wonderful book’ – Frank West, Irish American News

‘the scholarship is accurate and there is an air of enthusiasm that is engaging...I particularly enjoyed his account of the San Patricios’ – John Kirkaldy, Books Ireland

‘Kenneally's recounting of the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana, for example, is not only one of the most accurate but also the most exciting of the accounts that I have read...it is a lively well-researched history that pulls no punches.The book is a valuable addition to the library of any serious reader of Irish history.’ - Dr. Michael Hogan, author of The Irish Soldiers of Mexico

‘Courage and Conflict is an engrossing study of Irish military exploits around the world over the last two centuries’ – Seán Carberry, Ireland of the Welcomes

‘A fascinating new book’ – The Cavan Post

‘Kenneally's research takes the reader through the intriguing who, what, and where but even more fascinating is how he explains the soldiers' motives in an historical and sometimes personal context. A must read for anyone interested in Irish or Irish-American history.’ – Celtic Connections
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Publisher: The Collins Press
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 1848890060
ISBN13: 9781848890060
Weight: 464g
Dimensions: 138mm x 216mm
Pages: 370