“ O’Flaherty does not describe such incidents as the raging battles, the Four Courts seizure and bombing, or the assignations of major leaders on both sides of the conflict.” (Korb 226). That quote means that as brutal as O’Flaherty describes it, it was much worse. The conflict is not only a physical enemy but also a mental enemy inside of the soldiers. “While the civil war holds all the Irish people in its clutches, the fighting has a much greater effect on the combatants, significantly dehumanizing them.” Even when the last shots have been fired there will be lasting effects on the soldiers who have seen the horrors of war. “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face” (O’Flaherty 1). When it said they would have a mental effect it is nothing like realizing you killed your brother, someone you grew up with. War has its tolls but if it is something worth fighting for then you must do