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100 Years Ago This Week In The Irish Civil War

8 February The Free State suspends executions until 18 February, offering an amnesty to anyone who surrendered before that day.

10 February Republican officer Tom Barry, after contacts with some former IRA comrades on the Free State side, proposes that the Anti-Treaty IRA call a truce. Liam Lynch turns down the idea.

10 February Republicans open fire on Free State troops as they are leaving Mass in Clonmel, County Tipperary, killing one civilian.

11 February The father of Free State minister Kevin O'Higgins is shot dead by Republicans at the family home in Stradbally County Laois. The house is also burnt down.

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In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity,

Tim McDonnell

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