Up Like a Bird

Written by Brendan Hughes, with Douglas Dalby and original photographs by P. Michael O’Sullivan.

Brendan Hughes’ gritty memoir charts his rise through the ranks of the Provisional IRA in the early 1970s. With all the ingredients of a fast-paced thrilled, Hughes reveals how we led the unit that planned and executed the celebrated helicopter escape from Mountjoy Jail in 1972.

FIRST PUBLISHED 2021
• Size: 135mm x 208mm
• Internal: 304 pages, black and white, printed on 100gsm uncoated bond
• Cover: Printed paperback with French flaps, matt laminate finish

• Book Design: Dennison Design
• Project Management: Douglas Dalby