O'CONNOR, Ulick. Executions. Dingle: Brandon, 1992. 183pp. Illustrated. Hardback.[`On 7 December 1922 a member of the Irish Parliament was shot dead and the deputy speaker was seriously wounded. In the midst of Civil War the government retaliated by executing four prisoners being held at Mountjoy - Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellows, Richard Barrett and Joe McKelvey - had all been close comrades of the members of cabinet who signed their death warrants, men such as General Richard Mulcahy, Eoin MacNeill, W.T. Cosgrove, Kevin O'Higgins and Ernest Blythe.' This book is a combination of the historical background of the affair, Ulick O'Connor's diaries of the 3 productions of his play `Execution', and the play itself]. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket.