Republicans have the most adventurous stories to tell; what tales must exist about the present epoch! They should be got down; they should not be lost.
- Uinseann MacEoin
Uinseann MacEoin's books are gold for Irish republican historians and history lovers; detailed with invaluable first hand accounts, they are hard to find and expensive when they can be found. Survivors consisted of interviews with those survivors of the Irish Revolution and Civil War who were still alive in the 1970's and 80s. Harry told the saga of Harry White, Chief of Staff during the 1940's who spent most of his time on the run. His magnum opus was The IRA in the Twilight Years, a collection of over 30 accounts by IRA veterans of the time between the end of the Civil War and 1948. The latter two are perhaps the primary sources for information on republican activity during that period.
The Bureau of Military History recently added PDFs of all three books, which can now be accessed at the links below:
The Bureau of Military History recently added PDFs of all three books, which can now be accessed at the links below:
https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/digital-resources/uinseann-maceoin-publications
There is also an excellent biography of MacEoin himself and his work for Dublin which you can read here.
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