5/28/2023 0 Comments Emmet Dalton by Sean BoyneOne tactic was to ambush army convoys and it was during one of those ambushes that Michael Collins lost his life at Bealnablath. The author describes the attempts made by Dalton to restore normality in the face of armed men who were now using the methods that had been developed during the war with the English. This book is a reminder of how close Ireland came in 1922 to descending into chaos in the name of a semi-mystical devotion to a republic. The army quickly took back control of the city and the main towns, and were enthusiastically welcomed by the local people who were fed up with the bullying tactics of the Irregulars. Their leader was the 24-year old General Emmet Dalton. In an effort to exert control, the Free State government sent about 1000 men of the newly created Irish army by sea from Dublin to recapture the county and restore order. There was nothing that ordinary people could do about this lawlessness. Roving bands burned houses and farm buildings, particularly those owned by people, many of them Protestants, who were deemed to have been unsympathetic to the national cause in the recently-ended War of Independence. The anti-Treaty forces controlled law and order as well as civic affairs, taking over barracks and collecting customs revenue. 2016Īt the height of the Irish Civil War, Cork city and county were outside the control of central government in Dublin. Somme Soldier, Irish General, Film Director.
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