28 June-5 July 1922: The Battle of Dublin—The Provisional Government's National Army, under the command of Michael Collins, assaulted the anti-Treaty I.R.A. occupying the Four Courts; an explosion in the Public Record Office destroyed records dating back to the Norman conquest (1170s); fighting centered around O'Connell Street continued for a week; this was full-blown civil war, Irish killing Irish.
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