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  1. Thus began the Irish War of Independence, in which the IRA, under the leadership of Michael Collins, employed guerrilla tactics, mounting widespread ambushes, raids, and attacks on police barracks. The British forces responded with ruthless reprisals.

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  2. A majority [citation needed] of the pre-Truce IRA who had fought in the War of Independence, led by Liam Lynch, refused to accept the Treaty and in March 1922 repudiated the authority of the Dáil and the new Free State government, which it accused of betraying the ideal of the Irish Republic.

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  3. The Irish War of Independence unfolded as a brutal internecine war. Its conflicts were shaped by sectarianism and retaliatory violence between the IRA, the RIC and the notorious Black and Tans (British army veterans recruited to serve in Ireland in support of the RIC).

  4. May 11, 2015 · Conventionally, the conflict known as the Irish War of Independence, Anglo-Irish War or to Republicans, the ‘Tan War’ is said to run from January 1919 and the Soloheadbeg ambush to the truce of July 1921. The reality was much less clear cut.

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  5. In response, Irish nationalists established the Irish Volunteer Force. This rival unit allied itself with the Dublin-based Irish Citizen Army, a republican socialist working-class body already formed during a wave of industrial disputes in the city.

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  6. Sep 18, 2012 · The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict between the British state and its forces in Ireland and Irish republican guerrillas in the Irish Volunteers or Irish Republican Army. The war is usually said to have run between 1919 and 1921, but violence both preceded these dates and continued afterwards.

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  8. Apr 15, 2024 · The collection is comprised of Protestant (& some Catholic) witness testimonies (from all social backgrounds) concerning their experiences of the 1641 Irish rebellion. The testimonies document the loss of goods, military activity and the alleged crimes committed by the Irish insurgents.