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Early life
Lynch was born in the townland of Barnagurraha, Limerick, near Mitchelstown, Cork, to Jeremiah and Mary Kelly Lynch. He was a devout Catholic. During his first 12 years of schooling he attended Anglesboro School.

In 1910, at the age of 17, he started an apprenticeship in O'Neill’s hardware trade in Mitchelstown, where he joined the Gaelic League and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Later he worked at Barry's Timber Merchants in Fermoy. In the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, he witnessed the shooting and arrest of David and Richard Kent of Bawnard House by the Royal Irish Constabulary. Due to the Kent incident Liam Lynch decided to dedicate his life to the Irish Republic and freedom.

In 1917 Lynch was elected First Lieutenant of the Irish Volunteer Company. The Irish Volunteer Company resided in Fermoy.[2]

On 10 April 1923 Free State soldiers were seen approaching the Knockmealdown mountain. Liam was carrying important papers that he knew must not fall into enemy hands, so he and his six comrades retreated up the Knockmealdown Mountains.

On 7 April 1935,12 years later, a 60-foot-high (18 m) round tower monument was erected on the spot where Lynch is thought to have fallen, on Knockmealdown Mountain.

References

^ National Graves Association, "Liam Lynch- Life" ^ RSF, "Liam Lynch RSFCork ^ Ryan, Meda (1986). Liam Lynch: the real chief. Mercier Press. pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-85342-764-3. Retrieved 2010-03-26. ^ O'Donoghue, Florence (1954). No other law: the story of Liam Lynch and the Irish Republican Army, 1916-1923. Irish Press. pp. 305. Retrieved 2010-03-26. [edit]Sources

Michael Hopkinson, Green against Green, the Irish Civil War Paul V Walsh, The Irish Civil War 1922-23 - A Study of the Conventional Phase Meda Ryan, The Real Chief, Liam Lynch Florence Odonoghue, No Other Law- The Story of Liam Lynch and the Irish Republican Army, 1916-1923

Padraic O'Farrell, Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence & Civil

Lynch was born in the townland of Barnagurraha In March 1923, the Anti-Treaty IRA Army Executive met in a remote location in the Nire Valley.

They ran into a column of 50 Free state soldiers approaching from the opposite side. Lynch was hit by rifle fire from the road at the foot of the hill. Knowing the value of the papers they carried, he ordered his men to leave him behind.[3]

Many historians see his death as the effective end of the Civil War

Early Life

What I believe the article needs is more early life information to give more of a background of Liam Lynch. It just feels kind of empty and incomplete. The reader does not get the whole biography and details of the early life, and what the early life choices could have effected. And just for some more options I would look for more references and even sources to give more of a trusting feel to this piece. People want to know where the information came from and if it is reliable.

External Links

Letters of Liam Lynch Liam Lynch Dead The Irish War Liam Lynch (Liam ui Loinsigh) Irish Republican Brotherhood Liam Lynch: Victim of the Irish Civil War