Connolly Column: The Story of the Irishmen who Fought in the Ranks of the International Brigades in the National-Revolutionary War of the Spanish People 1936-1939 by Michael O'Riordan (RB120)

Published 1979: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original light grey cloth with red titles on the cover and spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 232 very clean and bright pages. Dust jacket slightly rubbed with time and frayed along the edges consistent with age. Overall a well preserved and very scarce original first edition. (RB120)

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On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, support for the Spanish Republic grew among left-wing organizations, taking tangible form in a decision in September 1936 to form an International Brigade of volunteers to fight with the Republican government against the fascist-dominated Nationalist rebels. This decision was echoed in Ireland by various left-wing groups; the chief organizers of this effort were Sean Murray, Peadar O Donnell, and Frank Ryan. In December 1936, a group of eighty volunteers, led by Frank Ryan, arrived in Spain. The majority came from the Irish Free State, but there were also a group of republican socialists from Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland. Those who went included Michael O Riordan and Charles Donnelly. [Google Books]