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Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mulcahy, Risteárd

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Arco Pub.

Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971): A family memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Aurelian Press

In Improving With Age Professor Risteárd Mulcahy explores how exercise is increasingly important as we grow older. His account of his own involvement in running, cycling and exercising is both practical, inspiring and amusing. This part memoir part practical guide is organized into three sections covering the importance of exercise, practical advice on exercise and most candidly the author's own experience with fitness in later life - he started jogging at fifty-one and ran his first marathon at sixty-one.

Improving With Age: What Exercise Can Do For You

Parenting & Relationships

Liberties Press

My Father, The General: Richard Mulcahy and the Military History of the Revolution

Historical

Born in Waterford in 1886, Richard Mulcahy was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Second-in-command to Thomas Ashe during the 1916 Rising, he was interned and on his release became commandant of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers. He was elected to the First Dáil in the 1918 general election. In March 1919 he became IRA chief of staff and along with Michael Collins was responsible for directing the military campaign against the British during the War of Independence.  Heretofore his role has been overshadowed by the almost exclusive attention to Collins. Mulcahy supported the Treaty and became commander of the Provisional Government's military forces during the subsequent Civil War. His order to execute anti-Treaty activists found carrying guns made him a figure of controversy during the Civil War when a total of 77 anti-Treaty prisoners were executed by the Provisional Government. Despite the Free State government's mandate being renewed in the following election, Mulcahy's perceived severity during the Civil War was later to prove a stumbling block to his elevation as Taoiseach of the first Inter-Party government in 1948. But Mulcahy selflessly stepped aside, allowing John A. Costello to become Taoiseach of a coalition which, as leader of Fine Gael, Mulcahy had skillfully organized. Drawing on the official Mulcahy archive as well as family and personal recollections and material, My Father, the General is an in-depth portrait of a dedicated and principled patriot, soldier and politician. In today's era of cynicism- albeit occasionally justified- towards politicians, Richard Mulcahy's story is characterized almost entirely as the inspiring ideal of public service, integrity and commitment to democracy.

Memoirs of a Medical Maverick offers a unique and often surprising insight into the rich, varied and extraordinary life of one of the most prominent, respected and outspoken medical men in Ireland. As the son of a well-known politician and national military hero, some might think Risteárd Mulcahy's life would have been one of comfort and privilege - but they'd be wrong. A refreshingly candid memoir, Medical Maverick charts the personal and professional life of a true Irish progressive. Risteárd revisits his childhood in Rathmines (complete with cows, chickens and armed guards outside the family home), his fast times as a young doctor in London, his early career delivering babies in some of Dublin's worst slums, the breakdown of his marriage and his eminent career in cardiology and high-profile health campaigner as one of the first anti-smoking advocates in the country. What emerges perhaps more than anything is the way Risteárd has lived a free, liberal and progressive life - which may not have always been the easiest option, considering the general climate of fifties and sixties Ireland, but undoubtedly proved to be the most varied and fulfilling.

Memoirs of a Medical Maverick

Professionals & Academics

Memoirs of a Medical Meverick

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