With the end of the Anglo-Irish war and partition in 1922, Robinson left the USC.

They took their name from the small tight cells that comprised the IRA active service units during the Anglo-Irish war of 1916-1921.

In addition, within the Irish Army there were thousands of men who had been involved in the First World War and the Anglo-Irish war afterwards.

It was burnt down during the Anglo-Irish war in 1920.

He was then appointed as the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1916 in the lead up to the Anglo-Irish war.

A prominent signatory to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in late 1921 that followed the Anglo-Irish war was Robert Barton, a cousin of Childers.

In January 1919 the Anglo-Irish war started and Mac Curtain became an officer in the IRA.

After the Anglo-Irish war (1919-21) he said: "They thought me too old to fight but I have tried to help in other ways.

Though the Rising failed, its political effect led on to the Anglo-Irish war in 1919-1922 and the formation of the Irish Free State.

In 1919, he fought in Russia on the side of the White Russians, and in 1920-1 he fought a losing battle in the Anglo-Irish war.