100 years ago, on 10th April 1923 near Newcastle Co. Tipperary, the death of the renowned Chief of Staff of the anti-Treaty IRA, General Liam Lynch, signalled the end of the Irish Civil War.
“Since early January, it seemed, only the intense faith and dynamism of one man – Liam Lynch – prevented the anti-Treatyites’ army from moral collapse” (The Civil War, Eoin Neeson 1966)
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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Limerick/Anglesborough/Baurnagurrahy/1505674/
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http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Limerick/Anglesborough/Baurnagurrahy/634382/
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These two articles contain supplementary information concerning Dean Thomas Lynch, an important figure owing to his being the recipient of letters from Liam Lynch during 1922 and ’23.
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Obituary (note that ‘Martin’ is the name given in the 1901 census above; also his 1911 census entry states ‘Martin’)
(This excerpt suggests the passing detail that he may have been at Omagh rather than Enniscorthy when hearing of his brother’s death)
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(the lady second from the left may be a niece rather than sister)
[Note 2: a report concerning the fate of Jeremiah Lynch, aged 16 yrs in 1901, has not come to light]
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