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Ireland’s Wars: The Execution Policy
When it comes to the Irish Civil War, there is little more evocative in the popular memory than the provisional government’s formal policy of enacting executions of captured republicans. We have discussed the course of the conventional war, the death … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, childers, cosgrave, executions, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, lynch, mulcahy, national army, o'higgins, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Childers Reforms
By the later part of the 19th century, the British Army had grown from a glorified part-time militia into a professional cross-continental behemoth, at the forefront of military tactics and technology. But with this expansion came problems, namely a messy … Continue reading