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Ireland 1918-1921
- Legacy of WW1
- April 1918 - Military service Bill,
extended conscription to Ireland,
passes though the house of
commans
- Conscription had left a lot of the
Irish being forced to fight in a war
they didn't want to be in
- Conscription had left a lot of the
Irish being forced to fight in a war
they didn't want to be in
- May 1918 - British government makes 73
arrests of anti-conscription protesters, including
Griffith and De Valera and deports them so
England following a suspected "German Plot"
- the physical removal of these
individuals was not enough to
disrupt Irish opposition
- the physical removal of these
individuals was not enough to
disrupt Irish opposition
- June 1918 - conscription for
Ireland is dropped by the
British Government
- December 1918 - "coupon" election -
triumph for Sinn Fein: of 105
canidates returned for Ireland 73
were Republican, 26 were unionist,
the IPP gained only 6.
- Irish deaths in WW1 lead to more
resentment to Britian and gained Sinn
Fein more support
- Irish deaths in WW1 lead to more
resentment to Britian and gained Sinn
Fein more support
- April 1918 - Military service Bill,
extended conscription to Ireland,
passes though the house of
commans
- The Declaration of Independence of
January 1919
- January 1919 - elected Sinn Fein member not in prison
didn't take up seat in Westminster, but constituted the
Dail Eireann and adopted a Decaration of Independence
- The Dail appointed delegates to go to
Versailles for the peace talks and
appealed for international support
- Cathal Brugha was elected President
on the understanding that De Valera
would take over when he was out of
prison
- Arthur Griffith was appointed Vice
President and Michael Collins was made
Finance Minister (also Director of
Intelligence for the I.R.A
- January 1919 - elected Sinn Fein member not in prison
didn't take up seat in Westminster, but constituted the
Dail Eireann and adopted a Decaration of Independence
- The policies and Tactics of the IRA
- Early 1919 - Michael Collins organises
the IRA into brigades throughout
Ireland and an intelliegence service in
Dublin
- Organised De Valera's escape from prison
- Organised De Valera's escape from prison
- Spring 1919 - the Irish Volunteers changed
their name to the Irish Republican Army (IRA)
and began guerrilla warfare against British rule
- January 1919-January 1920 - Random
attacks on the RIC (18 killed by the end of
1919) and individual Protestants
- Early 1920 - Summer 1920 -
16 RIC barracks destroyed and
424 abandoned buildings burnt
down
- Summer 1920 - December 1920
- flying columns of the IRA
stepped up the violence
- November 1920 -
Michael Collins's
gunmen kill 12 British
intelligence officers
- November 1920 -
18 members of the
auxiliaries killed at
Kilmichael
- November 1920 -
Michael Collins's
gunmen kill 12 British
intelligence officers
- May 1921 - IRA attack on the
Dublin Customs House
- Early 1919 - Michael Collins organises
the IRA into brigades throughout
Ireland and an intelliegence service in
Dublin
- The policies and Tactics of the
British Government
- 'Authorised reprisals' being by the British government
to keep Ireland in he union, try to turn people against
Sinn Fein and to fight the IRA including a curfew and a
armed presense on the streets
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- 'Authorised reprisals' being by the British government
to keep Ireland in he union, try to turn people against
Sinn Fein and to fight the IRA including a curfew and a
armed presense on the streets
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