Encyclopaedia bosses check facts after Civil War error spotted

One of the world’s most trusted references was busy double-checking its facts on Ireland tonight after giving a grossly inaccurate account of the country’s civil war.

Encyclopaedia bosses check facts after Civil War error spotted

One of the world’s most trusted references was busy double-checking its facts on Ireland tonight after giving a grossly inaccurate account of the country’s civil war.

A concise version of Encyclopaedia Britannica which was first published seven years ago wrongly described the 1922 conflict over partition as a war between Catholics in the south and Protestants in the north.

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