Army
Unity Talks
On the pro-Treaty
side were Mulcahy, O’Duffy,
O’Sullivan and McMahon and on the anti-Treaty side were Lynch, O’Connor,
O’Malley and Moylan.) They come up with various proposals to split the Minister
of Defence and Chief-of-Staff between the two sides – along with concomitant
splits in GHQ staff and Army Council. However, when Lynch brought these
proposals back to the Four Courts, they met strong opposition. For detail
of these negotiations, see O’Donoghue (1986) pgs 240-244; Hopkinson (1988), pgs
100-104.