‘I AM CONFIDENT THAT IF WE STAND UNITED VICTORY IS CERTAIN’—LIAM LYNCH’S STRATEGIES IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE CIVIL WAR

By Gerard Shannon As 1922 ended, Liam Lynch—chief of staff of the anti-Treaty IRA—admitted in a private communication that he did not anticipate the republican military resistance to succeed against the forces of the Irish Free State. He was responding to a warning by Eamon de Valera, who felt that the IRA should not expect ... Read more