num_pages: 160
description: At 2 a.m. on Tuesday 8 August 1922, Emmet Dalton and 450 Free State soldiers landed at Passage West, in one of the most famous surprise attacks in Irish military history. Their target was Cork, an important symbol of Republican resistance to the new Provisional Government. This daring amphibious assault opened a three-day fight for Cork city and its environs. The battle ended with victorious Free State troops being cheered in the streets of Cork, after they had forced the Cork IRA into a demoralising retreat. The Battle for Cork explores conditions in Cork city prior to the Passage West landing, provides a detailed account of the battle itself and explains how the Republicans lost their 'rebel capital' and suffered a catastrophic blow to their Civil War campaign.
language: English
title: The Battle for Cork: July - August 1922
publisher: Mercier Press