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In early 1921 the AngloIrish War/Irish War of Independence reached its bloody climax. Multiple IRA ambushes led to British soldiers being killed, at the same time the IRA walked on "very thin ice" and overstretched their resources.

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Anonymous. “The Enemy’s Failure”, An tÓglach, Vol. 2, No. 24 (March 1, 1921)

Bell, J Bowyer. “The Secret Army: The IRA” (London: Sphere, 1972)

Dorney, John. “War of Independence: the bloodiest six months”, The Irish Times, (3 June 2020)

Fairbrother, Henry. “The British Army Presence in Dublin” Dublin Historical Record,
Vol. 70, No. 1 (Spring / Summer 2017)

Hopkinson, Michael. “The Irish War of Independence”, (Cork : Gill & Macmillan, 2014)

Lawlor, S. M. “Ireland from Truce to Treaty: War or Peace? July to October 1921” Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 22, No. 85 (Mar., 1980)

O’Donoghue, Florence. “No Other Law” (Dublin : Anvil Books, 1986)

Townshend, Charles. “The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 19181923”, (London : Penguin Books, 2014)

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