Frank Carney (politician)

Frank Carney (25 April 1896 – 19 October 1932) was an Irishman who fought in the British Army in World War I before joining the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War before being elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD). In her account of the opening shots of the Civil War, "The Fall of Dublin" (Mercier 2011), the historian Liz Gillis presents the testimony of Frank Carney, a Free State officer stationed at Portobello Barracks during the lead up to the assault on the Four Courts:

Frank Carney (politician)

Frank Carney (25 April 1896 – 19 October 1932) was an Irishman who fought in the British Army in World War I before joining the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War before being elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD). In her account of the opening shots of the Civil War, "The Fall of Dublin" (Mercier 2011), the historian Liz Gillis presents the testimony of Frank Carney, a Free State officer stationed at Portobello Barracks during the lead up to the assault on the Four Courts: