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This book offers a thoroughly researched and detailed account into the formation and development of Na Fianna Eireann in Cork city during a turbulent but fascinating period of Irish history. Through access to the recently discovered personal notes and correspondence of his Grandfather Denis Woods, a former Fianna Company Commander in Cork city, the author Colman de Roiste presents a unique insight into the membership and activities of this important military support organisation for the Cork IRA throughout the bloody fight for Irish Independence.

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Cork author Colman de Roiste holds an MA in Military History from the University of Wolverhampton. He wrote his Masters dissertation on Na Fianna �ireann in Cork city (1910-1921). He is the Grandson of Denis Woods, a former Officer Commanding (O/C) a Fianna Company in Cork City during the War of Independence, and he is the Great Nephew of Christopher Woods, also a former O/C of a Fianna Company in Cork City and subsequently the Intelligence Officer (1921) for the Cork city based B Company of the 1st Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade.

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