The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a> begins with the shelling of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Courts" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Four Courts">Four Courts</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Free State">Free State</a> forces.