• Brendan Hughes & Douglas Dalby - Up Like a Bird - The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW
  • Brendan Hughes & Douglas Dalby - Up Like a Bird - The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW
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  • Brendan Hughes & Douglas Dalby - Up Like a Bird - The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW
  • Brendan Hughes & Douglas Dalby - Up Like a Bird - The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW

    • Brendan Hughes & Douglas Dalby - Up Like a Bird - The Rise and Fall of an IRA Commander - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW

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    Brendan Hughes’ gritty memoir charts his rise through the ranks of the Provisional IRA in the early 1970s as it evolved into one of the most sophisticated guerrilla movements in the world.

    With all the ingredients of a fast-paced thriller, Hughes reveals how he led a secret IRA unit that planned and executed the celebrated helicopter escape from Mountjoy Jail in 1973 and carried out a series of audacious bank raids in the Republic.

    For the first time, he also tells the inside story of how the IRA planned a mass breakout from Portlaoise Prison in 1974. Shortly afterwards, his relationship with the IRA leadershp turned sour and former comrades were ordered to execute him.

    For almost half a century he has been written out of history. Until now.

     

     

    The book contains original photographs ( all taken in the early to mid 1970's) by P. Michael O'Sullivan. 

    P. Michael O’Sullivan was a seasoned photojournalist with a well-earned reputation for bravery in dangerous situations. After serving in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, he worked in New York for several magazines, including Life and Business Week.

    The book, Patriot Graves: Resistance in Ireland, published in 1972, was the culmination of several visits by O'Sullivan to the country. Unapologetically partisan, it contained unparalleled documentation of IRA operations and exclusive interviews with some of the organisation’s main leaders. It was banned in the UK.

     

    ( A note on names - there was another Brendan Hughes - (Belfast based & nicknamed The Dark' ( who died in 2008 ) who was also involved in IRA activities - this is a different author ( from Tyrone) 

    Publication date was 10th September 2021. 

     

    TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN REPUBLIC IS INCLUDED IN THE COST

     

    https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/09/21/news/new-book-lifts-lid-on-ira-mountjoy-helicopter-escape-2453657/

     

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    • 5
      Up Like a Bird

      Posted by Jim Farley on 2nd Apr 2025

      Excellent transaction.

    • 5
      GREAT READ

      Posted by Sarah McGrath on 22nd Feb 2022

      A great read

    • 5
      Book

      Posted by John Brennan on 26th Sep 2021

      Shipping a bit on the expensive side everything else was good