DOUBLE TRAITORS? : THE BELFAST VOLUNTEERS AND YEOMEN 1778-1828
Belfast, Ireland: Ulster Historical Society, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback. 9.2 in. x 6.2 in., pp. 48. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Pictorial cover with front and rear flaps wrapped around two heavy stock red cover sheets. Very light shelfwear. Price clipped (inside front flap). Very Good Plus. Item #88630
From the front flap:
"In the 1790's a crucial battle for the mantle of the original irish Volunteer movement of 1778-1784 was waged between the government and the united irishmen. This was to decide which would be the dominant political and military force in Ulster. In Belfast the struggle was at its sharpest as the radicals held the initiative at first. When the yeomanry were formed in1796-7 the united Irishmen had to decide whether to seek to take over that body of men, or to turn out independently in rebellion.
"Allan Blackstock, as the major historian of the yeomanry, is particularly well equipped to chart the uncertainties of this critical contest, the outcome of which helped determine the fate of the united Irish rebellion in 1798."
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