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Ireland’s Wars: The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Kerry
When Cork City fell to advancing pro-Treaty forces on the 10th August, hopes would have been high that the Civil War was essentially over. In that strictly conventional sense, the anti-Treaty side had suffered total defeat, their armies repulsed in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kerry, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Leinster
In the aftermath of the fall of Cork, the anti-Treaty IRA was left at a crossroads. There were certainly many voices within the faction that thought the war was no longer worth fighting, and it would be better to try … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, cid, dublin, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, leinster, national army, o'malley, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Beal Na mBlath
The ambush that killed Michael Collins remains an emotive moment in Irish military history. It’s been immortalised on the page and on screen, Irish political parties continue to give speeches at the spot every year, the man’s grave is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, beal na mblath, collins, de valera, deasy, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Guerrilla Civil War Begins
The conventional phase of the Irish Civil War is generally held to have taken place between the opening assault on the Four Courts on the 28th June and the order from Liam Lynch for the IRA still in being to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, collins, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Cork’s Fall And The End Of The Conventional Civil War
The conventional Civil War was drawing to a close in August 1922. The anti-Treaty IRA had been defeated or forced to withdraw in every corner of the country. The Munster Republic had been invaded at every point of its frontier, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, cork, dalton, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Plot To Isolate Dublin
The Irish Civil War was progressing apace in Munster, where the anti-Treaty position was nearing its final end, at least in the conventional sense. The pro-Treaty military was proving itself victorious on just about every front. But while that was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, dublin, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Coastal Landings And The Kerry Campaign
The naval dimension of military operations had never been an enormous part of the Irish War of Independence. Sure, the Royal Navy ferried troops between Britain and Ireland, but the service was largely a side player in the events that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kerry, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, war, westport
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Ireland’s Wars: Kilmallock
I hope that I may be forgiven for the length of the below entry in this series. This particular subject is one that is close to my heart in many ways, not just as I am a native of Limerick, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kilmallock, limerick, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Advance Into Tipperary
The border of the Munster Republic had been breached at either end: at Limerick City in the west, with forces under Eoin Duffy and Michael Brennan expelling the IRA and now moving into the countryside to finish them off, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, antu-treaty, carrick-on-suir, clonmel, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, thurles, tipperary, Tipperary town, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Fall Of Waterford (1922)
If Limerick, on the far left of the nominal republican line, was the lynchpin of the “Munster Republic”, then Waterford, on the far-right, must be considered to have held something close to a similar status. With Limerick in dispute, Waterford … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, collins, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, munster republic, national army, pro-Treaty, prout, provisional government, republican, war, waterford, whelan
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