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Liam Lynch (Irish republican)
Liam Lynch | |
|---|---|
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| Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army | |
| In office 26 March 1922 – 10 April 1923 | |
| Succeeded by | Frank Aiken |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1892 Baurnagurrahy, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 10 April 1923 (aged 30) Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Irish Republic |
| Branch/service | Irish Republican Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1923 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Officer Commanding, 2nd Cork Brigade, Irish Republican Army, 1919 – April 1921 Commander, First Southern Division, Irish Republican Army, April 1921 – March 1922 Chief of Staff, Irish Republican Army, March 1922 – April 1923 |
| Battles/wars | Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War † |
William Fanaghan Lynch[1] (Irish: Liam Ó Loingsigh; 20 November 1892 – 10 April 1923) was an Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence of 1919–1921. During much of the Irish Civil War, he was chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army.[2] On 10 April 1923, Lynch was killed whilst trying to escape an encirclement by Free State troops in south Tipperary.
- ^ O'Donoghue, Florence (1954). No Other Law: the Story of Liam Lynch and the Irish Republican Army, 1916–1923. Irish Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-01-459051-0. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Coogan, Tim (2002). The IRA. New York: St. Martins Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-312-29416-6.
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