Daniel Shinnick remembered in Castletown'
As a Flying Column member under the command of Liam Lynch, Daniel Shinnick's contribution to the fight for Irish freedom is well documented.
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As a Flying Column member under the command of Liam Lynch, Daniel Shinnick's contribution to the fight for Irish freedom is well documented.
After sporadic fighting in Galway during the summer of 1922, and the occupation of some buildings in the town, including the old RIC barracks in Eglington Street, and the former Connaught Ranger barracks at Renmore, the anti-Treaty forces withdrew into Connermara, and into the east Galway countryside.
Munster endured a particularly bloody era, with both sides losing men in military battles — and by summary executions