The Irish Civil War Begins 1922

#OnThisDay 1922 The Irish Civil War began with the Free State Army shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin, held by the IRA. The FS army used loaned British artillery (& possibly British soldiers to man the guns). A short, violent conflict raged for almost a year

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