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The Children of Croke Park: Bloody Sunday 1920

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English

By (author): Michael Foley

Dublin 1920

Above the noise of the crowd, I could hear men shouting. I looked back and saw them a line of trucks, and men with guns starting to run towards the field. Thats when it happened.

On a bright day in November, three boys joined the huge crowd heading to a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Excitement filled the air, but also fear. Important men had been killed in their beds that morning by the IRA. The police were angry. In the middle of a cruel war for Irish independence, people were afraid of what might happen next.

But that war wouldnt come to Croke Park. Would it?

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Product Details
  • Weight: 144g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Apr 2023
  • Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: Ireland
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 9-11
  • ISBN13: 9781788493840

About Michael Foley

Originally from Killavullen Co Cork Michael Foley has written Kings of September winner of the 2007 BoyleSports Irish Sportsbook of the year. He also ghostwrote Harte: Presence Is the Only Thing the autobiography of Tyrone gaelic football manager Mickey Harte shortlisted for the 2009 William Hill Irish Sportsbook of the Year. Winner of the GAAs McNamee Award in 2008 and shortlisted for Sports Journalist of the Year in 2003 he is acting sports editor and GAA correspondent for the Irish edition of the Sunday Times. This is his third book. He currently resides in Macroom Co Cork.

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