Why read The Ballycotton Job?

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A 'sensational affair.. carried out with great audacity' - New York Times. An astonishing act of piracy, the capture of the British war ship, the Upnor changed the course of Ireland's Civil War. Flawless in its planning and execution, while Winston Churchill remarked on Irish 'genius for conspiracy', a furious…

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Mark Bulik

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The subtitle of this rollicking yarn tells you all you need to know: “An Incredible True Story of IRA Pirates.”

In March 1922, a daring crew of Cork rebels took to the high seas and hijacked a Royal Navy ship packed with 120 tons of guns and ammo. This bloodless act of piracy caused an uproar in London and Dublin, and altered the course of the Irish Civil War. The book is extensively researched, and Mahon knows whereof he speaks – his grandfather was the head of the Cork IRA.

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