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Biography/Memoir
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Northern Ireland
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'I was born in a united Ireland, I want to die in a united Ireland.'
Born in Belfast in 1920, Joe Cahill has been an IRA man motivated by this ambition all his life. IRA activists rarely speak about their lives or their organisation, but here Cahill gives his full and frank story, his viewpoint, his experiences -- from Northern Irish prison cells of the 1940s, on a death sentence, to Washington when the Good Friday Agreement was being negotiated.
He tells of the visit he made to Colonel Gaddafi to arrange for arms and ammunition, and the fateful voyage of the Claudia; Bloody Sunday and the burning of the British Embassy in Dublin; the high-drama helicopter escape of IRA prisoners from Portlaoise Jail.
This is the story of an extraordinary journey, Cahill's own life mirroring the growth, changes and development of the republican movement as a whole through more than sixty years of intense involvement.
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Praise for Joe Cahill
'Fascinating profile of a unique rebel' The Fermanagh Herald
'Tremendously valuable for the insights it provides into the thinking of perhaps the most respected living republican' An Phoblacht
'An intriguing story of a fascinating life' The Impartial Reporter
'One of the most accurate and authoritative accounts of the history of the Republican Movement ever published.' Newry Democrat
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