Republic of Munster

The Munster Republic was a term used by Irish Republicans to refer to the territory they held in the province of Munster at the beginning of the Irish Civil War, with their capital city being Cork. After the first week of fighting in the Civil War (from June 28 to July 5, 1922), Dublin was supported by those in support of the Anglo-Irish treaty and the Irish Free State. The main stronghold of the Anti-Treaty Forces (Irish Republicans) became the self-styled Republic of Munster - a counties south of a line between Limerick and Waterford. Liam Lynch, the Republican commander, expected to use the "Republic" as a means of renegotiating the treaty, and ideally to reconstitute the Republic of Ireland from 1919-21. For this defensive attitude, Lynch was bitterly criticized by some other Republicans, who felt that he should act offensively to bring the war to a rapid end. However, the side of the Counter-Treaty (which was supported by most of the Irish Republican Army), the lacked artillery and armed units, which the Free State obtained from the British. The free state launched offensive against the Munster Republic in July 1922. Limerick and Waterford were easily taken, and Cork became the independent county of the Irish Free State. Cork was taken on 10 August. The extremity of the Republic of Munster gave rise to the opposition of the treaty to which it was forced in the field and the guerrilla war in small scale. Bibliography

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