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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
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    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
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    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
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    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
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    1921–25
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Topic: Political Developments 1914–18

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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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RTE YouTube

Conscription & Ireland, 1916-1918

video clip, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin

NLI 1916

Gaelic League Leaflet

leaflet, c.1900
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

Library of Congress

John Redmond

Photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14

National Portrait Gallery

John Dillon

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
RTE Youtube

Ireland’s War-time Recruitment Explained

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
BBC Youtube

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

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule
Irish Independent 1916 Collection

Assembling Armies and Acquiring Arms

article, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
NLI 1916

Thomas MacDonagh

leaflet & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: Irish soldiers in WWI

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video clip, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI

Decade of Centenaries timeline

WWI Recruitment poster – Mr John Redmond MP

poster, 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI

Decade of Centenaries timeline

WWI Recruitment poster – “I’ll go too!”

poster, 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
RTE Century Ireland

Ireland’s Opportunity? The First World War & 1916

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article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Ireland during WWI
National Museums Ireland

Bullet pierced hat worn by James Connolly 1916.

hat, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
National Archives Ireland

The 1916 Courts-martial and the Dublin Executions

article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

Wikimedia Commons

John Redmond Inspecting the National Volunteers

photograph, c. September 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
IWM

Ireland’s Role in the First World War

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article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
RTE YouTube

Ireland at War: Who joins up and Why?

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
RTE YouTube

British policy, Ireland & the Outbreak of War 

video clip, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
UCD History Hub

John Redmond’s Woodenbridge speech and the split in the Irish Volunteers

podcast, c.2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI

NLI 1916

Constitution of the Irish Volunteers

document, 25 October 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
UCD History Hub

Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein and the IRB (The Irish Revolution Lecture 3)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

NLI 1916

Poster advertising the annual Seachtmhain na Gaedhilge (Irish week)

poster, c.1915
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

NLI 1916

Leaflet urging Irish National Volunteers to join British army

poster, 1914-16
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
BBC- Voices 16

Thomas Kettle’s dilemma

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
BBC- Voices 16

Enemies Unite

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
RTE Archives

Ireland and the Great War

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exhibition, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Leaders of the 1916 Rising

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Century Ireland Youtube

The Seven Signatories – Patrick Pearse

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: 1916 Proclamation

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland: The Rising

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI
RTE Archives

Easter Rising: Recollections of 1916 Veterans

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
RTE Archives

Easter Rising: Recollections of British Soldiers

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video clip, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
National Library of Ireland 1916 exhibition

Tom Clarke

postcard & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
UCC/ Irish examiner

The 1916 Rising in seven chapters

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articles, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
BBC

Story of Ireland: Easter Rising

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video clip, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Internet Archive

Sinn Fein Rebellion handbook, Easter, 1916

book, 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Century Ireland - YouTube

Seven Signatories of the Easter Rising: James Connolly

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
RTE Archives

The Easter Rising

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video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Library of Congress

Patrick Pearse

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
National Museums Ireland

James Connolly

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
UCD

Eoin MacNeill

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
NLI 1916

Seán McDermott

Photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
NLI 1916

Joseph Plunkett

Image & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
NLI 1916

Éamonn Ceannt

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
NLI

1916 online exhibition

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website, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
BBC- Voices 16

Planning the Rebellion

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Planning the Rebellion

article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

National Museums Ireland

Easter Sunday Manouevres, 1916 / mobilisation order

document, 21 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

National Museums Ireland

Countermanding Order, 1916 Rising / order

document, 22 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Fighting of Easter Week

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

Decade of Centenaries timeline

1916 Proclamation

poster, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
RTE Century Ireland

Chronology of the Easter Rising

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article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Rounding up the Rebels

photograph, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Hansard

Continuance of Martial Law – John Dillon

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debate, 11 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube RTE

British Policy and the 1916 Rising

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

IWM

Irish Surrender Document

document, 29 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

National Museums Ireland

Official communique from Dublin Castle

document, 29 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Easter 1916 An tÓglách Accounts

An tÓgláċ The Defence of the G.P.O. Accounts

article, 1926
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
UCC - The Irish Revolution

War in Ireland Easter Rebellion 1916

newsreel, May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Execution of the 1916 Leaders

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
National Archives

The Courts-martial of the 1916 leaders

article, 2019
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

National Museums Ireland

Public Notice – Arms & Ammunition

poster, 2 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Library of Congress

Another Rebel Shot in Ireland

newspaper cutting, 9 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Plan of damage in Sackville street
National Archives

Plan of Sackville Street Area after Disturbances April 1916

map, c May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

Flickr - NLI

The shell of the G.P.O. on Sackville Street after the 1916 Rising

photograph, May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

Warwick Digital Collections

Image of Sackville Street after Rebellion in Dublin, April, 1916

booklet, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Sixteen Nails in the Coffin – The Easter Rising

article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath
Internet Archive

John Redmond – reaction to Easter Rising

book, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

National Museums Ireland

The last letter written by Seán Mac Diarmada (Sean MacDermott)

letter, 11 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

Library of Congress

Fading Dream, or Rude Awakening

political cartoon, 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

National Museums Ireland

Thomas Clarke, 1916 / death certificate

certificate, 2 June 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Legal Travesty – Roger Casement’s trial

article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath

IWM

Proclamation of Martial Law

poster, 25 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising

National Museums Ireland

1916 souvenir / badge

badge, 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube RTE

1916: How the Rising changed Irish political life

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
UCD History Hub

The Easter Rising (The Irish Revolution Lecture 4)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising
Library of Congress

Parliamentary Party Appeals to Irishmen

newspaper cutting, 9 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Legacy of 1916

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: Easter Rising Aftermath

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video clip, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
RTE - YouTube

36th Ulster Division and the Somme

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
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Royal Commission on Arrest and subsequent treatment of Mr. Francis Sheehy Skeffington

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document, August 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath
Youtube - IWM

The Irish on the Western Front

newsreel, c. 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI
UCD History Hub

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

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
RTE Century Ireland

Between armed rebellion and democratic revolution: the Irish Question in 1917

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
Youtube RTE

A Sinn Féin Rebellion? How the Rising gave rise to a new political force

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
BBC

BBC Easter Rising website

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article, 2003
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
Irish Independent 1916 collection

After the Shooting Stopped

article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
Bureau of Military History

Release of the Sinn Féin prisoners

newspaper, June 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

Flickr - NLI

Waiting on Westland Row to meet Prisoners

photograph, June 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

Flickr - NLI

Release of Republican Prisoners

photograph, June 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

National Portrait Gallery

Edward Carson

Painting & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14, Unionist Opposition to Home Rule
RTE Century Ireland

Introducing de Valera – The East Clare by-election and the rise of an Irish political leader

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Eamon de Valera

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty
RTE Century Ireland

Rebel leader Thomas Ashe arrested for inflammatory speech

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

National Museums Ireland

Irish Convention

photograph, 21 August 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

National Museums Ireland

Thomas Ashe – Easter Greetings, 1918 / Easter card

postcard, Easter 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
RTE Century Ireland

De Valera elected as President of Sinn Féin

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
UCC

Sinn Féin Constitution

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document, 25 October 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
The Irish Times

The North and 1918

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article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin
Youtube RTE

The 1918 Election: What Became of the Irish Parliamentary Party

video clip, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin

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