The first book for younger readers by the acclaimed author of The Bloodied Field
men shouting. I looked back and saw them – a line of trucks, and men with guns starting to run towards the field. That’s when it happened. On a bright day in November, three boys joined the huge crowd heading to a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Excitement filled the air, but also fear.
BLOODY SUNDAY 1920
Above the noise of the crowd, I could hear
The Children of Croke Park
Dublin, 1920
O’BRIEN
michael foley
The Children of
Croke Park
Important men had been killed in their beds that morning by the IRA. The police were angry. In the middle of a cruel war for Irish independence, people were afraid of what might happen next.
Would it? Cover illustration by Jon Berkeley ISBN 978-1-78849-384-0
obrien.ie CHILDREN’S FICTION
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michael foley
But that war wouldn’t come to Croke Park.
Bloody Sunday 1920