The Treaty controversy split the entire nationalist movement. Sinn Féin, the Dáil, the IRB and the army each divided into pro- and anti-Treaty factions. The Supreme Council of the IRB had been informed in detail about every facet of the Treaty negotiations and had approved many of its provisions, and all but one voted to accept the Treaty – the single exception being Liam Lynch, later Chief-of-Staff of the anti-Treaty IRA.Coogan, Michael Collins, pp. 236–76.
The Treaty controversy split the entire nationalist movement. Sinn Féin, the Dáil, the IRB an,d the army each divided into pro- and anti-Treaty factions. The Supreme Council of the IRB had been informed in detail about every facet of the Treaty negoti,ations and had approv,ed many of its provisions and all but one voted to accept the Treaty – the single exception being Liam Lynch later Chief-of-Staff of the anti-Treaty IRA.Coogan, Michael Collins pp. 236–76.