Tipperary Studies

 

 

The Civil War

 

Events in the county during the summer of 1922 allow a range of research topics.

With few exceptions, Bureau of Military History witnesses did not mention the civil war, other than in some cases to note that they did not take part. 

Listed below are witnesses who provided some information about the Truce and/or Civil War

Michael Fitzpatrick (W.S. 1433)

Sean Fitzpatrick (W.S. 1259) 

      “At the outbreak of the Civil War, the 3rd Tipperary Brigade numbered

       approximately 3,000 men, of whom nearly half were on whole-time duty.”

Dan Breen (W.S. 1763)

John Sharkey (W.S. 1100) 

James Kilmartin (W.S. 881)

For a comprehensive account see Fr Colmcille, The Third Tipperary Brigade, 1921-23 in Tipperary Historical Journal (1990-92).  Also Aodogán O’Rahilly, The Civil War- a teenager’s recollections 70 years on in THJ (1992) – describes events around Clonmel and Jack Duff, A Free State soldier’s memories of the Civil War in THJ (1993) – he was with the Free State forces when they entered Clonmel in early August 1922.  Sean Fitzpatrick covered the civil war from a republican point of view in his Recollections of the Fight for Freedom (Tipperary, n.d.)

 

For North Tipperary see P. Haicéad, In Bloody Protest, 1916-1926 (Nenagh, 1996) and for Mid Tipperary, Keep Their Names Ever Green, 1920-23 (Author, 2003) by the same author.

 

For general accounts but covering Tipperary, see Eoin Neeson, The Civil War in Ireland 1922-23(Mercier, 1966);  Michael Hopkinson, Green against Green The Irish Civil War (Dublin, 1988) and the classic Ernie O’Malley, The Singing Flame

(Dublin, 1978)

 

 

 

last updated on: Wednesday, 09-Dec-2009 08:04:16 GMT