IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921

From 1918-1921 Irish political prisoners were incarcerated in jails in Ireland and Britain, and treated by the authorities as common criminals. IRA Jailbreaks is an account of the terrible conditions these prisoners faced and the daring and often ingenious attempts they made to escape from their captors. Recorded here are the stories of twenty-five audacious rescues, rescue bids and jailbreaks, as well as the hunger strikes and jail riots used by the prisoners to protest against their treatment.

From the commander of Kilkenny's 3rd Battalion, Padraic Fleming's fight for political rights during his incarceration, to the deadly gunfight at Knocklong station when Seá Hogan, commander of the 2nd South Tipperary flying column, was rescued from his RIC captors, IRA Jailbreaks uses first-hand accounts to bring to life events which raised the morale of republican Ireland and brought worldwide ridicule and discredit on the prison and internment camp authorities in both Ireland and Britain.

This is history told by the men who made it.