
Book Review: Liam Lynch, To Declare a Republic
By Gerard Shannon Published by Merrion Press, 2023 Reviewer: John Dorney ISBN: 9781788558211 Price: E19.99 One hundred years ago this April (2023) a band of fugitives fled up a hillside in the Knockmealdown mountains, escaping pursuing National Army troops. Though they had fired some shots with handguns, they were badly outgunned …