On 28 June 1922 an attack on Dublin's Four Courts marked the beginning of the Irish civil war.
The Irish civil war broke out 100 years ago with the eruption of violence in central Dublin.
On 28 June 1922 the dispute came to a head at Dublin's judicial headquarters, known as the Four Courts.After a tense stand-off, pro-treaty forces were ordered to attack the Four Courts by the newly-created provisional Irish government. He was the chairman of the provisional government and had led the Irish Republican Army through the war of independence against Britain from 1919 to 1921.The agreement led to the creation of a self-governing Irish Free State.
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