A History of the Irish Naval Service
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Aidan McIvor
Foreward by Capt. John E. Moore, RN.
This book chronicles the important role of Ireland’s seabourne military forces in the Civil War and in the Emergency and explains the rebirth of the Irish Naval Service in the past two decades.
Description
This book chronicles the important role of Ireland’s seabourne military forces in the Civil War and in the Emergency and explains the rebirth of the Irish Naval Service in the past two decades. Ever since the Boreal Seas rose sufficiently to form the islands of Ireland and Britain some 8000 years ago, both have been dependant on water transport for their being. Their history has been formed by the sea from the days of the later Stone Age cultures to the present. In this century there have been so many changes to the approach of the Irish to the sea that Aidan McIvor’s book is both timely and necessary. Much has been written about the manifold problems of Ireland and many books deal with her extraordinary history. But this is a book in a different category. Based on a great deal of research, it is the tale of the maritime country which, since the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, has consistently turned her back to the sea unless unusual events have caused a temporary change of heart.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Irish Maritime Traditions
- Early Beginnings, 1921-39
- The Emergency, 1939-45
- The Naval Service, 1945-70
- The Naval Service, 1970-90
- The Irish Naval Service Today
- The 1990s and Beyond
Ship List
About the Author
Aidan McIvor was born in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in 1962. He attended St. Malachy’s College, Belfast, and is a graduate of the University College of Wales, Aberystwth and the London School of Economics. Since the early 1980s he has worked and travelled widely throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East.