"In comparison to the War of Independence, there was relatively little activity in Clare during the Civil War, but nonetheless Claremen were active on both sides during that conflict. The very first Republican fatality of the Civil War was a Clareman: IRA Volunteer Joseph Considine from Clooney was shot dead by Free State Army soldiers in Dublin on 28 June 1922, shortly after the 'Battle of the Four Courts' began. At least ten IRA Volunteers and three Free State soldiers were killed in Clare during the Civil War, while Commandant Con MacMahon and Volunteer Patrick Hennessy, both natives of Clooney, were executed by a Free State Army firing squad at Limerick Jail on 20 January 1923."
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1922Civil wars involving the states and peoples of EuropeCivil wars of the 20th centuryHistory of the Republic of IrelandMilitary of the Republic of Ireland
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Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc (editor), The Men Will Talk To Me: Clare Interviews (2016) by Ernie O'Malley, p. 19-20
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