Crossfire: The Battle of the Four Courts, 1916 (1916 in Focus)

On Easter Monday 1916 Commandant Edward Daly commanding the 1st Battalion of the Irish Volunteers occupied the Four Courts and the surrounding area. Ensconced in a labyrinth of streets, alleyways and tenement buildings, Daly and his unit created a killing ground that would witness some of the fiercest fighting of the 1916 Rising. Surrounded and outgunned, the Volunteers held their positions and were the last Battalion of the Rising to surrender. Confronted by such a determined foe, British military forces were forced to rethink their strategies in order to regain control of the second city of the empire. Crossfire is the true story of one of the bloodiest engagements against crown forces in Dublin city during the 1916 Rising. This book examines the battles that were fought in and around the Four Courts area of Dublin city and the atrocities that were uncovered on North King Street as the Rising came to an end.