‘A LAW UNTO HIMSELF’? TOM BARRY’S GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN IN TIPPERARY
By Anthony Barrett Over the winter months of 1922/3, by which time the Irish Civil War had devolved into a gruelling stalemate, the legendary and controversial IRA commander Tom Barry led a guerrilla campaign in Tipperary. His most prominent action was the capture and destruction of the National Army barracks at Carrick-on-Suir. In Green against … Read more