Anglesboro or Anglesborough (, historically anglicized as ''Gleanagruer'') is a small village at the foot of the
Galtee Mountains, in southeastern
County Limerick,
Ireland. The nearest town is
Mitchelstown in
County Cork approximately 12 kilometres away.
Liam Lynch (1893-1923) was an Irish republican military leader. He served as Chief of Staff of the
Irish Republican Army between March 1922-April 1923. He born at Barnagurraha and attended Anglesboro National School. A leading military commander in the
War of Independence, he opposed the
Anglo-Irish Treaty on the grounds that it dis-established the
Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916 and he assumed the position of Chief-of-Staff of the anti-treaty IRA called the "Irregulars". He was killed in a skirmish with
Free State forces on the
Knockmealdown Mountains in
County Tipperary on 10 April 1923, aged 29.
References
External links
Anglesboro Community Council
{{County Limerick
Towns and villages in County Limerick