Liam Lynch: The Real Chief

With the aid of Liam Lynch's personal letters, private documents and historical records, Liam Lynch: The Real Chief traces the turbulent career of one of Ireland's greatest guerrilla commanders from his birth in 1893 until his death twenty-nine years later in the Civil War when, as chief-of-staff of the anti-Treaty forces, he was killed in action in the Knockmealdown mountains.

This book demonstrates Liam Lynch's importance in Irish history, including his efforts with Michael Collins, Richard Mulcahy and others to avoid civil war and his unwavering efforts to achieve a thirty-two country republic rather than a partitioned state.