{"product_id":"dan-breen-and-the-ira-9781856355063","title":"Dan Breen And The IRA","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joe Ambrose\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Breen was sometimes known as the 'Thug with Blood on His Hands' because of his involvement in the ambush and killing of two RIC policemen at Soloheadbeg - a political and historical controversy widely regarded as the act that started\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe War of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlongside his comrades in the Third Tipperary Brigade of the IRA, Dan Breen became one of the most infamous and controversial IRA leaders of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Civil War over, Breen went to prohibition America, and ran a speakeasy. He returned to Ireland to become a politician, and was the first Republican to enter the Free State parliament. For more than thirty years he represented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTipperary, becoming its most popular and longest serving legislator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDan Breen and the IRA\u003c\/em\u003e analyses Breen's involvement in the War of Independence and the Civil War, his role within Fianna F�il, his turbulent relationship with De Valera, and his alleged Nazi sympathies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercier Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779139846295,"sku":"9781856355063","price":1484.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781856355063.webp?v=1778033705","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dan-breen-and-the-ira-9781856355063","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}