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Dan Breen and the IRA
Joe Ambrose

Dan Breen started the War of Independence.

On 21 January 1919 he partook in the first engagement of the War of Independence, an ambush in Soloheadbeg, after which a bounty of £10,000 was put on his head.

Breen went on the run and, in 1920 he shot his way out of a police siege in Dublin, escaping with twenty-two bullet wounds.

He was the commandant general of the Third Tipperary Brigade and 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.

In 1923 Breen was captured by Free State soldiers in the Glen of Aherlow and imprisoned in Limerick and Mountjoy Gaols where he under went a twelve day hunger-strike and a six day thirst strike before being released in 1924.

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 until his retirement in 1965, tried to establish a native film industry and continued to pursue a dream of a thirty-two county Ireland. He died in 1969

Author Information
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.

Dan Breen and the IRA is published in paperback at €12.99


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