The Irish civil war began on 28 June 1922 when the National Army attacked the forces of the IRA Army Executive at the Four Courts in Dublin. The garrison surrendered on 30 June with comparatively ...

On 14 April anti-Treaty forces seized the Four Courts and other buildings ... at the excesses of the Irish government or the National Army during the civil war, no public condemnation was issued.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, she reported to the Four Courts garrison in ... where for years she had held court as the grand old lady of Irish Republicanism. [2] Comerford, Máire.