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The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries ...
- Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann)...
- Black and Tans
A member of the Auxiliary Division of the RIC in Dublin,...
- Dunmanway Killings
The Dunmanway killings, also known as the Bandon Valley...
- Irish Revolutionary Period
The revolutionary period in Irish history was the period in...
- Kilmichael Ambush
The Kilmichael ambush (Irish: Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an...
- Richard Mulcahy
Waterford, Ireland: Died: 16 December 1971 (aged 85) Dublin,...
- Treaty Ports
Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, three...
- Seán Hogan
Early life. Hogan was born on 13 May 1901, the elder child...
- History of the Republic of Ireland
The Irish state, despite its violent beginnings, has...
- Republic of Ireland
Ireland tends towards independence in foreign policy; thus...
- Irish Republican Army
In 1922 both parliaments ratified the Treaty, formalising independence for the 26-county Irish Free State (which renamed itself Ireland in 1937, and declared itself a republic in 1949); while the 6-county Northern Ireland, gaining Home Rule for itself, remained part of the United Kingdom.
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The Declaration of Independence ( Irish: Forógra na Saoirse, French: Déclaration d'Indépendance) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919. It followed from the Sinn Féin election manifesto of December 1918.
Irish War of Independence, (1919–21), conflict that pitted Irish nationalists (republicans), who were pursuing independence from the United Kingdom for Ireland, against British security forces and Irish loyalists (unionists), who sought to preserve Ireland’s union with Great Britain.
The Irish Republic (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann) was an unrecognised revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919.
