The Battle of the Four Courts : the first three days of the Irish Civil War
Fewer, Michael2019
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This volume provides a meticulous reconstruction of those three summer days that ignited the Irish Civil War in 1922 - the defining event of modern Irish politics. The Irish Civil War began at around four o'clock in the morning on June 28th, 1922. An 18-pounder artillery piece commanded by soldiers loyal to Michael Collins and the new Irish government began to fire on the thick granite walls of the Four Courts - a beautiful eighteenth-century complex of buildings that housed Ireland's highest legal tribunals. Inside the courts a large party of IRA men were barricaded - a clear sign that the treaty ending the war of independence would never be accepted by passionate republicans.
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Author:
Fewer, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2019.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788546652 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.50822
LC class:
DA963
Language:
English
BRN:
2553253