{"product_id":"jailbreak-great-irish-republican-escapes-1865-1983","title":"JAILBREAK: Great Irish Republican Escapes 1865-1983","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelve into unflinching and urgent first-hand accounts of political prisoners defying oppressive prison conditions and fighting for Ireland’s freedom in this thrilling testament to republican resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe IRA’s spectacular 1983 breakout from the Maze Prison was the biggest jailbreak in UK penal history. It was the culmination of a long and valiant tradition of escape bids by Irish republican prisoners, who saw it as their moral duty to escape, attempting to do so in increasingly daring and audacious ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning the period 1865–1983, this collection features escapes on land, air and sea, including bomb blasts, tunnel escapes, mass breakouts and helicopter airlifts. Jailbreak is a fascinating chronicle, with each chapter featuring a history altering jailbreak, such as Éamon de Valera’s cunning rescue from Lincoln Jail in 1919, the ‘Greatest Escape’ of 112 anti -Treaty prisoners from Newbridge Barracks in 1922 and the epic helicopter airlift of IRA leaders from Mountjoy Prison in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this hugely entertaining book, James Durney deftly records twenty-three action-packed factual accounts of daring rescues, incredible escape bids and jailbreaks that raised the morale of nationalist Ireland and defied the might of empires and governments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"An Fhuiseog \/ The Lark Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45502742790299,"sku":"","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/5212\/0731\/files\/Screenshot-20240910_110052_Chrome.jpg?v=1725962634","url":"https:\/\/anfhuiseog.ie\/products\/jailbreak-great-irish-republican-escapes-1865-1983","provider":"An Fhuiseog \/ The Lark Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}