THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE EASTER RISING BY THE COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE I.RA.The year is 1916-the Easter Week rising in Dublin. University student Ernie O'Malley forsook his books, picked up a rifle and joined the rebels.As an officer in the I.R.A. he organised resistance throughout Ireland. Moving from Tipperary to Kerry, through Cork to Limerick, his life was in constant danger. Often he evaded capture by a hairsbreadth. Several times he was wounded. Eventually he fell into the hands of the infamous Black and Tans and was imprisoned in the dreaded Kilmainham Gaol. Although threatened with torture he remained true to the Cause and escaped to emerge proudly as Commandant-General of the I.R.A., in command of 7000 volunteers.This is the story of five turbulent years-1916-1921. Of one man who gave himself wholeheartedly to the cause of Irish freedom. The story of five years when the green land of Erin was once more reddened with the blood of patriot and foe. When an 'Army without Banners' took on a mighty Empire.

THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE EASTER RISING BY THE COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE I.RA.The year is 1916-the Easter Week rising in Dublin. University student Ernie O'Malley forsook his books, picked up a rifle and joined the rebels.As an officer in the I.R.A. he organised resistance throughout Ireland. Moving from Tipperary to Kerry, through Cork to Limerick, his life was in constant danger. Often he evaded capture by a hairsbreadth. Several times he was wounded. Eventually he fell into the hands of the infamous Black and Tans and was imprisoned in the dreaded Kilmainham Gaol. Although threatened with torture he remained true to the Cause and escaped to emerge proudly as Commandant-General of the I.R.A., in command of 7000 volunteers.This is the story of five turbulent years-1916-1921. Of one man who gave himself wholeheartedly to the cause of Irish freedom. The story of five years when the green land of Erin was once more reddened with the blood of patriot and foe. When an 'Army without Banners' took on a mighty Empire.