The struggle for Irish independence during the early twentieth century brought many political and military figures onto the public stage, both locally, and internationally. One key figure during this period was Liam Lynch, who served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) between 9 April 1922 and 10 April 1923.
Lynch was a strong advocate for the use of militarism in the campaign for Irish independence and opposed the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. This exhibition will examine Lynch’s life, from his formative years in rural Counties Limerick and Cork, to his political maturation, military involvement in the republican movement, and his subsequent death on 10 April 1923, at the age of thirty.
