1922 AD - 5 / July

                                                                                                                                     "Assembly of the Irish Free State" 

1922 A.D. July 1st: The newly elected 3rd Dail Eireann / 3rd Irish Assembly of the proposed Irish Free State in the 26 Counties met after forming themselves into a "political" Party to be known now as Cumann na nGaedheal (The People of the Gael) until 1928, and Timothy Healy was elected as the 1st Governor - General of the Irish Free State and Eoin O Duffy became their Chief of Staff and the 1st Commander of the Garda Siochana / Irish police, while Richard Mulcahy who the "Anti - Treaty Irregular - I.R.A." had been totally against, was to remain the T.D. for Dublin constituencies until 1943 and the Minister of Defence.

July 5th: With the conflict in Dublin against the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" who had been held up in the Four Courts, who were still under the command of Rory O Connor nearly over, the Irish "Civil War" then flared up in the south and in the west of Ireland, with Liam Lynch now calling on all of the "Anti - Treaty IRA -  Irregulars" to rally to their cause as he had previously headed south - west back to his home base in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province where his "personal" allegiances lay, but due to the flagging fortunes of the "Irregular - I.R.A." over time he would eventually be forced to call a "truce." Michael Collins, the previous Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government, had now relinquished his "political" life in the 3rd Dail Eireann Assembly to concentrate on building up the Irish National Army / I.N.A. as the Commander - In - Chief, and he had finally run out of "patience" with the "IRA - Irregulars" and he ordered them out of the town as the Irish National Army / I.N.A. was to begin to grow further in strength from 8,000 men to 55,000 men by the end of the Irish "Civil War."

July 6th: In the Irish Free State / 26 Counties by now 60 Irishmen had been "killed" and 300 were "wounded" in the continuing running battles to clear the "Anti - Treay Irregular - IRA" out the Four Courts situated beside the River Liffey in Dublin, and also in the surrounding buildings, including Cathal Brugha, who was among those in the Gresham Hotel / Hamman Building who despite the fact that he was taken by the arm twice, and asked to quietly "surrender," continued to fire at a machine gun emplacement, until he was finally "shot" and was to die from his wounds 2 days later. Michael Collins on learning of his demise stated, "That he was among the few who have given their all for Ireland and because of his sincerity, he would forgive him anything." The staid Eamonn de Valera and his "Anti - Treaty" followers, who had also joined in with the "Irregular - IRA" there, were to now "hide" out from the Irish Free State Government I.N.A. forces for another 12 months, while the Irish "Civil War" was to drag on much to the disappointment of Arthur Griffith, and Michael Collins who was now the Commander in Chief of the new Irish National Army at Portobello. He was to only hold this position for the following 6 weeks until his demise, as the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" were still to be active in the south, in the west, in the north, and also still in Dublin who had introduced guerrilla tactics throughout their fellow Irish population, with any regard for their safety, and the "Civil War" was to continue on there now for the next 3 months. Meanwhile, the occupying British Imperial Military Forces were still "stationed" in Ireland and were to continue to still remain in Ireland until the end of December.

July 8th: The Irish Free State Government's National Army / I.N.A. in a shoot out at Blessington in Co. Dublin in Southern Leinster captured another 100 of the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars," and the staid Eamonn de Valera then left Dublin personally, and headed "south" also to the G.H.Q. of the "Anti - Treaty Irregular - IRA" at Clonmel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, where he was "officially" appointed an Adjutant to Sean Moylan the "Anti - Treaty Irregular - I.R.A.'s" Director of Operations where he to find that the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" there were very "reluctant" to fight their former comrades in the Irish National Army / I.N.A.

July 11th: Wexford City in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster was finally "regained" by the Irish Free State's National Army, and by now Liam Lynch who was still in command of the "Irregular - I.R.A." in Co. Limerick, in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, was now trying to "negotiate" a way out of it all, and was staying with his Southern Division "IRA - Irregulars."

    Sean Hales who was a member of the 3rd Dail Eireann / 3rd Irish Assembly, and alao a "commander" in the Irish National Army was now in opposition to his own brother, Tom Hales, who was "Anti - Treaty" and Michael Collins was to send Sean Hales on many occasions to the Co. Cork region in Southern Munster, to try and bring about "peace" there as it was a very strong "Anti - Treaty" region there in the south.  

July 16th: Dundalk in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster was also "regained" from the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" as 300 of them were to be "captured" there by the Irish National Army.

July 20th: Waterford City in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province was now also "recaptured" from the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" there by the Irish National Army.

July 21st: Limerick City in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, which had been still under the control of Liam Lynch and  the "Anti - Treaty Irregular - I.R.A." there was also "recaptured" by the Irish National Army.

July 26th: Dundalk in Co. Louth in the east of Northern Leinster was once again taken over by the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars," but later it would also be "recaptured" by the Irish National Army.

July 28th: Michael Collins as the Commander In Chief of the Irish National Army was to send some of the Irish National Army to the "south" by sea to Co. Cork in Southern Munster, so he wrote to his old friend Harry Boland who was "Anti - Treaty" and a confidant of Eamonn de Valera to give him the "chance" now to give it all up, as there was no hope as the Irish National Army was now subduing the "IRA - Irregulars" there both in Co. Kerry and Co. Cork in the south of Munster.