The Irish Revolution: A dirty war where the cycle of violence was self-perpetuating

Munster was one of the most strategically significant regions during the War of Independence, writes John O’Callaghan

The Irish Revolution was  a divisive, fascinating and  transformative period of our  history. In the first of  a series of exclusive  extracts from a  major new book  ‘Atlas of a  Revolution’, we  explore how the  war spread in Munster and  why it was home to some of  the most fearsome fighting.

THE War of Independence, like all wars, was by turns heroic and gallant, nasty and brutish. It was also relatively short and small scale.