The Burnings 1920 - Lawlor, Pearse
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This book traces the events in Northern Ireland that led to serious sectarian rioting and the burning of Catholic owned property over a period of three months in 1920. It details, for the first time, the extent of the destruction and loss of life in the towns of Banbridge, Dromore, and Lisburn. The sectarian violence in Belfast during 1920-1922 has been well documented but the scale of the violence in Belfast was such that events which took place in other towns, while mentioned, were never explored in detail. Lawlor highlights the importance of Cork and the killing of Tomas MacCurtain in the tragic events that later came to pass in the north.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book traces the events in Northern Ireland that led to serious sectarian rioting and the burning of Catholic owned property over a period of three months in 1920. It details, for the first time, the extent of the destruction and loss of life in the towns of Banbridge, Dromore, and Lisburn. The sectarian violence in Belfast during 1920-1922 has been well documented but the scale of the violence in Belfast was such that events which took place in other towns, while mentioned, were never explored in detail. Lawlor highlights the importance of Cork and the killing of Tomas MacCurtain in the tragic events that later came to pass in the north.
Autorenporträt
Pearse Lawlor is a retired civil servant who served for 40 years in various departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and has worked with the European Commission. For the past twenty years his work entailed travel to the Far East, the Middle East, Europe and North America.