Cal Mccarthy: 3 books

Book cover of Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution
by Cal McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007

Cumann na mBan, a women’s support group to the Irish Volunteers, was founded in 1914. Nationalist in outlook, its aims centred on arming Irish men, generating propaganda and presenting a united Irish opposition to English rule. After participation in the 1916 Rising, members played crucial roles...
Book cover of The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard
by Cal McCarthy, Kevin Todd
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

The 'Neva' sailed from Cork on 8 January 1835, destined for the prisons of Botany Bay. There were 240 people on board, most of them either female convicts or the wives of already deported convicts, and their children. On 13 May 1835 the ship hit a reef just north of King's Island in Australia and...
Book cover of Green, Blue and Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War
by Cal McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010

Modern Ireland may be dominated by American culture, but Irishmen also helped to shape America. They fought in every important action in the American Civil War, a war with which many Irish are not familiar. Irish participation is woven into and highlighted in this account of the war, emphasising the...
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