Irish General. General Liam Lynch was born in Barnagurraha, Co. Limerick. During the Black and Tan War (1919-1921), he was commander of the Cork No. 2 Brigade of the IRA and later commanded the 1st Southern Division of the IRA, which consisted of nine brigades. He opposed the creation of the Irish Free State and during the Irish Civil War (1922-1923), he was the Chief of Staff of the IRA and led them in their fight against the Irish Free State Army. In April, 1923, Lynch was in the Knockmealdown Mountains in County Tipperary for an IRA conference on ways to end the civil war. On the morning of April 10, 1923, IRA scouts saw Irish Free State soldiers approaching so Lynch and a number of other IRA soldiers attempted to escape by fleeing over the Knockmealdown Mountains. While doing so, Lynch was shot and mortally wounded. Lynch's comrades attempted to carry him but he realized that he was only slowing down their escape so he asked them to leave him behind so that they could escape. When the Irish Free State soldiers found Lynch, he was still alive. He was taken to a pub in nearby Newcastle where he received some medical attention. An ambulance arrived at around 3pm and he was then taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Clonmel where he died that evening. He is buried in Old Kilcrumper Cemetery, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. In 1935, a sixty foot high round tower was erected in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the spot where Lynch was shot.
Irish General. General Liam Lynch was born in Barnagurraha, Co. Limerick. During the Black and Tan War (1919-1921), he was commander of the Cork No. 2 Brigade of the IRA and later commanded the 1st Southern Division of the IRA, which consisted of nine brigades. He opposed the creation of the Irish Free State and during the Irish Civil War (1922-1923), he was the Chief of Staff of the IRA and led them in their fight against the Irish Free State Army. In April, 1923, Lynch was in the Knockmealdown Mountains in County Tipperary for an IRA conference on ways to end the civil war. On the morning of April 10, 1923, IRA scouts saw Irish Free State soldiers approaching so Lynch and a number of other IRA soldiers attempted to escape by fleeing over the Knockmealdown Mountains. While doing so, Lynch was shot and mortally wounded. Lynch's comrades attempted to carry him but he realized that he was only slowing down their escape so he asked them to leave him behind so that they could escape. When the Irish Free State soldiers found Lynch, he was still alive. He was taken to a pub in nearby Newcastle where he received some medical attention. An ambulance arrived at around 3pm and he was then taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Clonmel where he died that evening. He is buried in Old Kilcrumper Cemetery, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. In 1935, a sixty foot high round tower was erected in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the spot where Lynch was shot.
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