{"product_id":"9781786290106","title":"Dave and V","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Timeline of the Irish Civil War, Free State Intelligence Department - Oriel House, Executions During the Irish Civil War, Guerrilla Phase of the Irish Civil War, Irish Free State Offensive, Battle of Dublin, Irish Republican Army and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Battle of Kilmallock, Criminal Investigation Department, the Sniper, Munster Republic, Citizens' Defence Force. Excerpt: The Battle of Dublin , a week of street fighting in Dublin from 28 June to 5 July 1922, marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War . The fighting began with an assault by the Provisional Government of the proposed Irish Free State on the Four Courts building which had been occupied by a hard-line section of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army , and ended with the defeat of the republicans and the securing of the capital for the Provisional Government.Background On 14 April 1922, about 200 anti-treaty IRA militants led by Rory O'Connor , occupied the Four Courts in Dublin , resulting in a tense stand-off. They wanted to spark a new armed confrontation with the British, which they hoped would bring down the Anglo-Irish Treaty , unite the two factions of the IRA against their former common enemy and thereby restart the fight to create an all-Ireland Irish Republic . At the time the British army still had thousands of soldiers concentrated in Dublin, awaiting evacuation. However, for those who were determined to make the Free State into a viable, self-governing Irish state, this was an act of rebellion that would have to be put down by them rather than by the British. The Provisional Government came under pressure from the British to take action against the Four Courts Garrison following the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson in London on 22 June 1922, and when a Free State General, J.J. O'Connell, was arres...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin MacAuley Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050691051760,"sku":"9781786290106","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786290106_p0.jpg?v=1763729790","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786290106","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}