[quote=Halo;1452448]its too long for me to read. i'll deal with this first

[quote=walrusgumble;1449866


very little substantially was done to help their ira colleagues and the civilians in general.[/quote]

halo

if you aint bothered to read posts in full, may i suggest not responding to them as it is likely, you will take an issue completely out of context and argue points that no one disagrees with.

with regard to your account of the north, you actually saying "whole divisions" of the ira went over the boarder????? lol what during the period of 1918-1923???

! i wish halo that was true i really do. but its not completely true. sure during the tan war, many brigage's never mind divisions (divisions were only set up near end of tan war and dominant during the civil war! i refer you to earney o'malley and tom barry) barely capable of co-operating with each other due to local rivalary etc. i point to make here is, i am sure you will agree, during the period of 1918 - 1923 not enough was done by southerners. southerners had it easier in the sense that northerners not only had to deal with the tan, auxiliaries , ric but also teh uvf. (stick with the period of 1918-1923)



. i never said that all places were quiete, i said that in most places in the country, very little "effective" (and i say effective) work was done or capable of being done for various genuine and not so genuine reasons. had you bothered reading the posts in full there would be no need for your good self to blow a fuse. petigo (co Donegal) - as in the battle of belleck- pettigo 1922? is one incident, though very gallant, and good point , but i am referring mostly about the incidents during the TAN WAR! if you read the posts in full you will note that i mention the huge difference between the army situation in relation to ACTIVE personnel and guns and ammo between the Tan War and Civil War. by civil war, all sides were better equipped.


you are really getting annoying. re lack of ammo etc. again if you bothered to read posts in full, i am mostly referring to the tan war and not the civil war. the free state were not robbing ammo of republicans during this time...as there wasno free state prior to 1921, again i will stress, the country was better armed during civil war.

christ you are some langer!

i strongly recommend that you take a visit to the miliatary records and archives in dublin, and check up on the authoritive books on the tan war and civil war, barry and o'malley etc. if one is not retarded, they will find it easy to compare and contrast even on military terms, the events of both civil war and tan war.