Sligo nurse Ruth Ormsby’s journey through civil war Spain, culminating in her tragic death in May 1938, is most extensively recounted in the memoir of Catalan surgeon Moises Broggi, head of the groundbreaking medical unit in which Ruth served. Interweaved with the stories of other Irish medics serving in Spain and those of her international colleagues, Behind the Lines tells a very contemporary story of modern warfare where civilians and humanitarians find themselves in the firing line.
