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Ireland’s Wars: Lawlor’s Sweep
Having discussed the wider picture of the National Army’s counter-insurgency campaign in the final months of 1922, in this entry I want to take a look at a specific example of what that campaign attempted, and what it was capable … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, connacht, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kilroy, lawlor, mac eoin, national army, newport, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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The Anti-Treaty Offensive In The West
Long before the conventional Civil War was brought to a successful conclusion for the pro-Treaty side in the south of the country, a conflict with a more guerrilla flavour was being fought in the west. The National Army, on the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, carty, connacht, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kilroy, mac eoin, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Conventional Civil War In The Midlands
We have seen in the last few entries the manner in which the pro-Treaty side was able to secure some semblance of control over large parts of Ireland very quickly after the beginning of the Civil War. The north, west … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, laois, mac eoin, national army, offaly, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, tipperary, war, westmeath
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Ireland’s Wars: The Conventional Civil War In The West
In describing the conventional Civil War as it was fought in Donegal, we get a flavour for what the same period was like in the farthest west of Ireland. Connacht had never been the most active area of Ireland throughout … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, carty, galway, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, mac eoin, mayo, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, roscommon, sligo, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Clonfin And Dromkeen
Having spent some time looking at some of the elements of the War of Independence that may not have brought great credit to the IRA, we turn back to some of their more notable successes. The war intensified as more … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1921, auxiliaries, black and tans, britain, clonfin, dromkeen, history, ira, ireland, mac eoin, o'hannigan, ric, war, war of independence
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Ireland’s Wars: Ballinalee
The opening days of November 1920 affords us the chance to look at a hither-to unexplored part of the Irish War of Independence. The midlands region of Ireland was one that remained relatively quiet throughout the war, but there was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged ballinalee, black and tans, britain, collins, history, ira, irb, ireland, longford, mac eoin, ric, war, war of independence
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