The History of the Irish Citizen Army. Dublin: Duffy, 1943. First Edition. Pp, 241. Frontispiece plate. Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Jacket chipped with partial loss to rear, neat ownership name to title page, contents in very good condition.

The Irish Citizen Army (ICA) was born out of the struggle between the workers and the employers during the Lockout of 1913. Sean O’Casey became Secretary in 1914.

About 250 members participated in the Easter Rising, and the first rebel casualty was ICA captain Seán Connolly, who died on the roof of City Hall.