Description

Dan Breen started the War of Independence. He was the leader of the Third Tipperary Brigade and he sustained 22 bullet wounds evading the British. After the War of Independence, he fought in the Civil War, taking the Republican side when it was obvious that the two sides could not be reconciled.

Later he moved to America where, at the height of prohibition, he ran a speakeasy, or illegal bar. Back in Ireland, he spent several years in Dáil Éireann, tried to establish a native film industry and continued to pursue a dream of a thirty-two county Ireland. This is a revised and updated edition of the successful biography which was first published in 1981.

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About the Author

Joe Ambrose grew up in Tipperary, and as a child knew many War of Independence veterans. As a musician and performer, he has worked with Johnny Cash, Marianne Faithfull, and Howard Marks. He is the author of seven books, including a major biography of punk rock icon Iggy Pop. Last year he did a BBC Radio 2 show on Iggy with Chrissie Hynde. He divides his time between London, Ireland and Morocco.

Reviews

‘Joseph Ambrose has presented a vital insight into the life and thinking of an unrepentant Irish soldier and philosopher, damned and blackguarded by enemies and detractors’

– Wexford Echo