Diehard Republicans fiercely rejected the Treaty between Britain and Ireland in 1921. For three agonizing months, efforts were made to reconcile the pro/anti-Treaty parties. Efforts failed, and when Republican forces occupied Dublin's Four Courts, resisting the Provisional Government's demand for their surrender, Ireland's Civil War erupted. Liam Lynch was Commander-in-Chief of the Republican forces -- "If I were to stand alone, I will not voluntarily accept being part of the British Empire". He was killed during a dawn ...
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Diehard Republicans fiercely rejected the Treaty between Britain and Ireland in 1921. For three agonizing months, efforts were made to reconcile the pro/anti-Treaty parties. Efforts failed, and when Republican forces occupied Dublin's Four Courts, resisting the Provisional Government's demand for their surrender, Ireland's Civil War erupted. Liam Lynch was Commander-in-Chief of the Republican forces -- "If I were to stand alone, I will not voluntarily accept being part of the British Empire". He was killed during a dawn raid by Free State troops in April 1923. This reissue of the life and times of Liam Lynch is an important part of the history of the years of resurgence.
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