Irish Army Mutiny

Maj. Gen. Liam Tobin, a leading figure in the Army Mutiny.

The Army Mutiny was an Irish Army crisis in March 1924 provoked by a proposed reduction in army numbers in the immediate post-Civil War period.[1][2] A second grievance concerned the handling of the Northern Boundary problem.[3] As the prelude to a coup d'état,[4] the decisions made by influential politicians and soldiers at the time have continuing significance for the Government of Ireland.[5]

  1. ^ Garret FitzGerald Reflections On The Foundation of the Irish State Archived 2011-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, University College Cork, April 2003
  2. ^ Irish Times March 10th, 1924 10 Mar 2012
  3. ^ The Times, The Irish Mutiny. New Commander Of Free State Forces. 11 March 1924
  4. ^ Bouchier-Hayes, Frank (5 March 2004). "Civil authority reasserted quickly in 1924". Irish Times.
  5. ^ Dwyer, T. Ryle (20 November 2004). "Assassinated strongman was not the Free State's chief executioner". Irish Examiner.[permanent dead link]

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