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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources

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  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments 1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments 1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Anglo-Irish Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland 1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
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UCD

Richard Mulcahy

Photograph & RIA Biography
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Michael Collins

photograph & RIA Biography

National Portrait Gallery

The Mad Bull (James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon; Michael Collins)

cartoon, 15 February 1922
RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

open_in_new
article, 2021
National Museum of Ireland

Anti-Treaty Leaflet

leaflet, 1922
RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

open_in_new
article, 2021
RTE

The Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

open_in_new
article, 2022
RTE

The Geography of the War of Independence

open_in_new
article, 2021
History Hub

Diarmaid Ferriter discusses the Anglo Irish Treaty (Full Interview)

video clip, 2020

The Origins of Northern Ireland

,
National Portrait Gallery

Ulster Unionist Leaders

photograph, 29 June 1920
YouTube - RTE

Why did Edward Carson not become Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister?

video clip, 2021
YouTube - RTE

What role did sectarianism play in the creation of Northern Ireland?

video clip, 2021
YouTube - RTE

Violence and the Birth of Northern Ireland

video clip, 2021
National Archives

The Courts-martial of the 1916 leaders

article, 2019
RTE - YouTube

36th Ulster Division and the Somme

video clip, 2016
British Academy

Political History of Northern Ireland since Partition

open_in_new
Article, 1999
PRONI

NI Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment Increase

document, 30 July 1923

PRONI

Northern Ireland Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment

document, 01 April 1922
PRONI

Churchill’s telegram to Craig no.60

telegram, 24 March 1922
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Ulster Unionism

video clip, 2015
Houses of Oireachtas

Cmdt. Sean O’Hegarty addresses Dáil Éireann

open_in_new
speech, 3 May 1922
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha

video clip, 2015
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Irish Civil War

video clip, 2015
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Six Counties

TV programme, 1980
Youtube RTE

Ireland’s Greatest – Michael Collins

TV programme, 2013
BBC Youtube

BBC’s: The Story of Ireland – Age of Nations

TV programme, 2012
PRONI

Open Divisional Commissioner’s bi-monthly report

document, 15 February 1922
Houses of Oireachtas

The National Situation – Cmdt. Seán O’Hegarty

open_in_new
speech, 3 May 1922
History Ireland

Lord Londonderry & Education Reform

open_in_new
article, 2001
National Archives UK

The Irish Situation – April 1920

open_in_new
document, 3 April 1920
County Down Outrages
Down County Museum

County Down Outrages

newspaper cutting, 3 June 1922
History Ireland

The burning of Cork, December 1920

open_in_new
article, 2015

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

photograph, 1921
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Extract from statement by Michael Collins on Northern Ireland policy

open_in_new
document, 4 February 1922
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Memorandum- Our Territorial demand at the Boundary Commission

open_in_new
document, 17 May 1923
History Ireland

Tit-for-tat: the War of Independence in the northern counties

open_in_new
article, 2012
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Heads of agreement between the provisional government and the government of Northern Ireland

open_in_new
document, 30 March 1922

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Map showing Northern Ireland voting preferences

map, 1922
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: James Craig and the Catholic Minority

open_in_new
video clip, 2014
History Ireland

The Boundary Commission Debacle 1925, aftermath & implications

open_in_new
article, 1996
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Notes of a conference with the Irish Boundary Commission

open_in_new
document, 3 December 1925
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Irish Boundary Changes

newspaper cutting, 7 November 1925

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Restoration of Order in Ireland

poster, 23 November 1921
National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

open_in_new
document, 20 July 1921
National Archives UK

Correspondence between Lloyd George and de Valera

document, 10 August 1921
National Archives UK

Letter from Sir James Craig to the Prime Minister

open_in_new
document, 29 July 1921

Decade of Centenaries timeline

A Proportional Represention

political cartoon, 1922
Catholic recruitment to USC
Bicycles, Barracks & Bandoliers

Memo regarding Catholic recruitment in the RUC and USC

memo, March 1922

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Craig-Collins Pact

leaflet, 30 March 1922
Irish Film Institute

Battle of the Four Courts

newsreel, June 1922
UCD History Hub

The Irish Civil War (Irish Revolution Lecture 10)

podcast, 2014

National Museums Ireland

Funeral of Terence MacSwiney

newspaper cutting, November 1920

IWM

British Army crossing trench cut by IRA

photograph, 1920

IWM

The IRA suspects lined up outside barracks after a roundup

photograph, 1920
Irish Film Institute

Daily Terror in Ireland

newsreel, October 1920
Irish Film Institute

Martial Law in Ireland

newsreel, December 1920
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Five Men Shot Dead in Derry

newspaper cutting, 17 June 1920

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Ballytrain RIC barracks captured and sacked by the IRA.

photograph, 1920
UCD History Hub

Anglo-Irish War/War of Independence (The Irish Revolution Lecture 7)

podcast, 2014
History Ireland

Soloheadbeg: what really happened?

open_in_new
article, 1997
Bureau of Military History

How Soloheadbeg Ambush Came About – Witness statement

document, 1919
UCD History Hub

Aftermath of The Rising and 1917 By-Elections. (The Irish Revolution Lecture 5)

podcast, 2014
Bureau of Military History

Release of the Sinn Féin prisoners

newspaper, June 1917
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: Easter Rising Aftermath

open_in_new
video clip, 2012
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Legacy of 1916

video clip, 2015

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Rounding up the Rebels

photograph, April 1916
IWM

Ireland’s Role in the First World War

open_in_new
article, 2018
History Ireland

Edward Carson: Ulster unionist or Irish patriot?

open_in_new
article, 2012
Youtube

The Ulster Solemn League and Covenant – BBC Documentary

TV programme, 2012

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Sir Edward Carson’s souvenir parchment of the Ulster Covenant

document, 28 September 1912
BBC

Ulster Covenant – Edward Carson and James Craig

open_in_new
video clip, 2012

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Unionist Clubs and Orangemen en route to Balmoral Showgrounds

photograph, April 1912

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  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources
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