Ambush at Central Park Audiobook Libro.fm

In 1922 three of the Irish Republican Armys top gunmen arrived in New York City seeking vengeance Their target Cruxy OConnor a young Irishman who kept switching sides as revolution swept his country in the wake of World War I Cruxys last betrayal dealt a blow to Irelands struggle for independence six of his IRA comrades were killed when he told police the location of their safe house A year later the IRA gunned him down before a crowd of horrified New Yorkers

Based primarily on firsthand accounts most of them never before published Ambush at Central Park is a cinematic exploration of the enigma of Cruxy OConnor

Author Mark Bulik delved through Irish government archives newspaper accounts census data and unpublished material from the families of the main actors Together they add to the story of a rebel ambush a deadly police raid a dinner laced with poison a daring prison break a boatload of tommy guns an unlikely pair of spies who fall in love and an assassination plot against the British cabinet

Here is a forgotten chapter of Irish and New York history the story of the only officially authorized IRA attack on American soil

Contains mature themes