THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 47
1922
CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT
National Army attacks anti-Treaty IRA at the Four Courts
Newspapers:
- Free State, 5 July 1922
- Weekly Irish Times, 8 July 1922
'The fight goes on'
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'It's war!': National army attack on the occupied Four Courts marks the beginning of the Civil War
'Attack on the Four Courts': conflict opens in spectacular fashion amidst fire and explosions
'A nation without her history': Ireland's historical records an early victim of the Civil War