Charles `Nomad’ McGuinness: Being a True Account of the Amazing Adventures of a Derryman.
Author: McGUFFIN, John & MULHERON, Joseph.
Derry: Irish Resistance Books, 2002. 248 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
“Pirate and freedom fighter, scoundrel and adventurer, sailor and smuggler extraordinaire, rogue and hero, womaniser and streetfighter, IRA man and gun runner, polar explorer and mercenary, deserter and rescuer, communist and fascist, a dangerous foe and perhaps an even more dangerous friend.”
McGuinness was a fifteen year old boy when he ran off to sea in 1908. The book recounts his adventures which include gun running for the IRA during the War of Independence and joining the communists in the Spanish Civil War.
ISBN: 0953948218
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