W. T. Cosgrave
Former President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free StateWikipedia
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Nov 1, 2026
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Speaking of the Civil War and the consequences to Ireland, Carson stated that he would rather have had a republic than a free state.
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Whilst William Cosgrave, the second leader of the Free State Provisional Government, had restored order, Carson, in giving him credit for that, observed that he had executed a great many of his friends, and that that had been quote-unquote vile.
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No, he is quoted by Stewart as saying, I think there'd be more decency in a republic than in this humbug.
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In fact, I'd rather see a republic.
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At the same time, they were to avoid as far as possible coming into contact with the forces of the Northern Government.
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With Collins dead, his successor, William Cosgrave, called on the Northern IRA to come south and enlist in the National Army of the Free State.
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It was Cosgrave's ruthless determination that stamped out the anti-treaty IRA guerrilla army in the end.
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In Northern Ireland, the methodical incendiarism and sniping and the internecine flashpoint violence begins to die off from the middle of June in the wake of the militarisation of Ulster society, with the new RUC, the specials, the interments, the daily curfews and the special powers legislation.