Two days after coming into existence, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> executes four leaders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army_(1919–1922)" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)">Irish Republican Army</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Mellows" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liam Mellows">Liam Mellows</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O'Connor_(Irish_republican)" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rory O'Connor (Irish republican)">Rory O'Connor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_McKelvey" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joe McKelvey">Joe McKelvey</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barrett_(Irish_republican)" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Barrett (Irish republican)">Dick Barrett</a>.<sup about="#mwt40" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_8#cite_note-6" id="mwdQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwdg">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt37" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFMac_Donncha2022">Mac Donncha, Micheal (6 December 2022). <a class="external text" href="https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28444" id="mwB_c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"<i id="mwB_g">The new Free State slays four Republicans in Mountjoy</i>"</a>. <i id="mwB_k">An Phoblacht</i>. Remembering the Past - Centenary of executions<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB_o">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB_s">6 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt37" class="Z3988" id="mwB_w" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=An+Phoblacht&amp;rft.atitle=The+new+Free+State+slays+four+Republicans+in+Mountjoy&amp;rft.date=2022-12-06&amp;rft.aulast=Mac+Donncha&amp;rft.aufirst=Micheal&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.anphoblacht.com%2Fcontents%2F28444&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+8"></span></span>