By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr When the Four Courts was captured in June 1922, at the start of the Civil War, 100 IRA prisoners were taken and sent to Mountjoy Jail, among them Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Dick Barrett. On 7 December 1922, TD Seán Hales was killed outside the Dáil and ... Read more
