From Pogrom to Civil War: Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA

When the attacks against Catholics known as the Belfast pogrom erupted in July 1920, Tom Glennon was a 20-year old officer in the IRA. The next three years took him from brutal street fighting in Belfast to organising a flying column in the Glens of Antrim, to a daring escape from captivity in the Curragh and then the viciousness of civil war in Donegal.Scarred by his experiences, he sought to create a new life in Australia, only to find further tragedy awaiting him. His silence about his past w