The memory of the War of Independence was tarnished by the subsequent civil war but it was openly celebrated up to the 1970s as marking the foundation of the Irish state. After the outbreak of the Northern Ireland conflict in 1969, public memory began to be more critical with more focus on the killing of civilians and the lack of democratic endorsement of the IRA campaign.
The 'Troubles' in the North began in 1968 [5 October] and not 1969
Firstly, the article says:
It was actually Séamus Robinson who was the OC that day.two RIC constables were shot dead by Irish Volunteers under Dan Breen at Soloheadbeg
The article also doesn't refer to the boycott of the British judicial system, with much of the general populace instead sorting out their affairs in republican courts.
Besides for that, it is an excellent and well-summarised piece. If it was yourself who wrote it JohnD, then fair play to you.
Re the courts;
At the same time, in the summer of 1920, Sinn Fein won local government elections across most of Ireland and took over functions of government from the state such as tax collection and law enforcement. In some places the RIC was replaced by Dáil Courts and Irish Republican police.