Author: Kieran E. McMullen
ISBN: 978-1-908056-21-4.
128pp + 4pp cover. 210 mm x 148 mm. Cover colour, Text black & white.
€12.50 + P&P
The Book:
During
the 1916 Easter Rising the greatest worries of the Rebels were
manpower and weapons. The loss of the Aud with its 20,000 rifles, 10
machine-guns and ammunition had dealt their plans a fatal blow. Now they had to
face an enemy with modern rifles, machine-guns and artillery armed only with
limited out-dated,
clandestinely purchased and, in the case of ammunition and explosives, often
hand-made ordinance.
In “Weapons of the Easter Rising” Kieran
describes not only their weapons, but those the British Army used in
retaliation. While not claiming to be the definitive guide to every weapon
used, this book – copiously illustrated with photographs and illustrations
(many of the Author’s own collection of historic weapons) and written with the
lay reader in mind – is the ideal introduction to this hitherto overlooked but
vital aspect of the Easter Rising, 1916.
The Author:
A retired US Army Lt-Col. of Field Artillery, veteran of the Korean DMZ and Operation Desert Storm, Kieran McMullen also served 14 years in law enforcement. A trained shooting reconstructionist and firearms instructor, he also has a BA in Irish History.
Kieran and his wife Christina have a
small farm in coastal Darien, Georgia with horses, chickens, and an Irish
Wolfhound, and frequently visit Ireland, where his
affinity with the Easter Rising is explained by his recently-uncovered
relative, Patrick Murray, who was in the GPO in 1916 and took part in The O’Rahilly’s
charge in Moore Street. Wounded, he was sent to Frongoch and later fought in
the War of Independence.
The author of several published
works of fiction including “Sherlock
Holmes and the Irish Rebels”,
in “Weapons of the Easter Rising”,
Kieran has
drawn on his encyclopaedic
knowledge of historical weapons to produce an accessible and comprehensive
overview of the weapons used in the struggle to create a free and independent
Ireland.
WEAPONS OF THE EASTER RISING
— Póló (@irlpol) September 29, 2018
Book launch by Lord Mayor in Mícheál Ó Doibhilín's excellent Kilmainham Tales series, followed by talk from author Kieran McMullann. pic.twitter.com/NuJQNXKYki