National Army troops on a ship, Irish Civil War, 1923
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The effect of this is to create great lack of confidence on our side amounting to grave suspicion. Essential that action be taken immediately otherwise situation will become impossible." 3/3
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In the telegram from Collins to Churchill he wrote:
"We are hampered by the continued lack of material. We were promised two hundred rounds of high explosive at two AM this morning but they were not available. This ammunition was again promised for five thirty and again not available. The promise was renewed for eight thirty with like result. 2/
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On 29 June 1922 Michael Collins sent a telegram to Winston Churchill begging for more military aid to fight the IRA, complaining he was promised 'two hundred rounds of high explosives' from the British to use against the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. 1/
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28 June 1922 was the First Day of the Irish Civil War. The anti-treaty forces occupied the Four Courts. On Michael Collin's orders the bombardment of he building by Provisional Government troops started on 28 June. The building was stormed and the anti-treaty troops surrendered on 30 June. The war lasted until 24 May 1923. 1,200 to 1,400 troops and more than 425 civilians died in the war, often brutally.
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On 5 February 1922 a convention of Cumann na mBan members was held to discuss the Anglo-Irish Treaty. 419 Cumann na mBan members voted against the treaty, just 63 voted in favour. In the ensuing Civil War, its members largely supported the anti-Treaty Republican forces. Over 400 of its members were imprisoned by the forces of the Provisional government which became in December 1922 the Irish Free State.
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ON 27th December 1969 Dan Breen died. He was an IRA leader during the War of Independence and the Civil War. Breen was born in Grange, Donohill parish, County Tipperary. His father died when he was six, leaving the family very poor. In January 1927, he became the first anti-Treaty TD to take the Oath of Allegiance and sit in the Dáil Éireann after the establishment of the Irish Free State.
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