Description
Typescript of memoirs of McCarthy, of Enniskeane, county Cork, about his experience as a volunteer with Irish Brigade, entitled ‘Adventures with the Irish Brigade’, beginning ‘In July, 1936, the revolt which led to the Spanish Civil War occurred’. Records information concerning the outbreak of war, the International Brigade, General Eoin O’Duffy, the transport of volunteers to Spain, Irish government action, the formation of the Brigade, the daily routine, the first casualties, some ‘Personal Adventures’, General O’Duffy’s address, and returning home. Paginated.
