Up Like A Bird – The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commanders
@ Douglas Dalby Ask owner
Brendan Hughes’ gritty memoir charts his rise through the ranks of the IRA in the early 1970s. This is a fly on the wall story of how a secret unit planned and executed the daring helicopter escape from Dublin’s Mountjoy Jail and carried out a series of audacious bank raids. He also gives the inside trackl on how the IRA planned its mass breakout from the maximum-security Portlaoise Prison in 1974. This book contains rare, original photographs from the period taken by US war photographer, P Michael O’Sullivan, who was given unprecedented access to IRA operations.
€20.00
ISBN: 978-1-5272-9557-5
Seller Bio
Sold by: Brendan Hughes with Douglas DalbyDouglas Dalby, who worked with Brendan Hughes to tell his story, is a veteran journalist who has written extensively for national and international media, including The New York Times, Agence France Presse, The Sunday Times (Ireland) and The Irish Times.
He has held senior editorial positions at The Australian and more recently with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
He has also worked on building sites, as a security guard, doorman, waiter, nurses' aide and grape-picker.
He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Ill, USA.
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Paddy (verified owner) –
Thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.It gives great insight in to the life of Brendan Hughes and describes in great detail the planning and execution of two of the most famous prison escapes in Irish history. I would highly recommend.