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    1914–18
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    • Easter Rising Aftermath
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    1919–23
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    • Truce
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    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
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Topic: Anglo-Irish War

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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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BBC Youtube

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

TV programme, 2012
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, courts martial, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, executions, First World War, ...
Youtube RTE

Ireland’s Greatest – Michael Collins

TV programme, 2013
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, anti-treaty forces, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, Four Courts, guerilla warfare, ...
Youtube RTE

Domestic and Dangerous: Women in the Irish War of Independence

video clip, 2019
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, Cumann na mBan,

NLI

Message of Dáil Eireann to the Free Nations

leaflet, 21 January 1919
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, First Dáil, Irish Republic,
RTE Archives

First Dáil

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video clip, 2019
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Ernest Blythe, Richard Mulcahy, Robert Barton, Seán MacEntee,
Bureau of Military History

How Soloheadbeg Ambush Came About – Witness statement

document, 1919
Keywords: Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, IRA, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Tipperary, Tipperary Brigade,
Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann Declaration of Independence

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debate, 21 January 1919
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Irish Republic,
History Ireland

Soloheadbeg: what really happened?

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article, 1997
Keywords: Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, IRA, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Tipperary, Tipperary Brigade,
House of Oireachtas

Message to the Free Nations of the World

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debate, 21 January 1919
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Paris Peace conference,
Bureau of Military History

An tOglach declares state of War

magazine, February 1919
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, Irish Volunteers,
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, assassination, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First Dáil, ...
Poster for De Valera meeting in Downpatrick
Down County Museum

Downpatrick Sinn Féin monster demonstration

poster, 1919
Keywords: Downpatrick, Eamon de Valera, Paris Peace conference, Sinn Féin,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Members of the First Dáil at a meeting April 10th, 1919

photograph, 10 April 1919
Keywords: Arthur Griffith, Cathal Brugha, Count Plunkett, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Eoin MacNeill, Michael Collins, W. T. Cosgrave,

Bureau of Military History

Irish Weapons

newspaper cutting, September 1919
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, police, RIC, weapons,
UCD History Hub

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

podcast, 2014
Keywords: Ambush, An tOglach, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, British government, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Irish Volunteers, Michael Collins, ...

IWM

The IRA suspects lined up outside barracks after a roundup

photograph, 1920
Keywords: British Army, IRA, prisoners, RIC,

IWM

RIC during Ambush

photograph, 1920
Keywords: Ambush, Clare, guerilla warfare, RIC,
RTE

The Geography of the War of Independence

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article, 2021
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, flying columns, guerilla warfare, IRA, Republicans, Richard Mulcahy, Sinn Féin, Terence MacSwiney,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Ballytrain RIC barracks captured and sacked by the IRA.

photograph, 1920
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, IRA, Irish Volunteers, RIC,

National Museums Ireland

Tomas MacCurtain Commemorative postcard

postcard, March 1920
Keywords: Cork, propaganda, RIC, Sinn Féin, Tomas MacCurtain,
National Archives UK

The Irish Situation – April 1920

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document, 3 April 1920
Keywords: Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, guerilla warfare, IRA, Lord French, police, RIC, ...
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Five Men Shot Dead in Derry

newspaper cutting, 17 June 1920
Keywords: British Army, Derry, IRA, riots, Unionists, UVF,

IWM

British Army crossing trench cut by IRA

photograph, 1920
Keywords: British Army, flying columns, guerilla warfare, IRA,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Black and Tans on patrol in Dublin

photograph, 1920
Keywords: Black and Tans, British Army, Dublin, police, RIC,
National Archives UK

Restoration of Order in Ireland Bill

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document, 30 July 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, British Army, British government, courts martial, Hamar Greenwood, Restoration of Order Act,
National Archives UK

The Irish Situation – August 1920

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document, 13 August 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, British government, David Lloyd George, Home Rule, Restoration of Order Act, Sinn Féin, Unionist Party,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Belfast Boycott

leaflet, August 1920
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast Boycott, Dáil Éireann, discrimination, economy, sectarianism, Sinn Féin,
Library of Congress

Eamon de Valera memorial address Terence MacSwinney

speech, October 1920
Keywords: Eamon de Valera, propaganda, Terence MacSwiney,
Irish Film Institute

Daily Terror in Ireland

newsreel, October 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, British Army, Dublin, IRA,
Hansard

Lord Curzon – House of Lords Anglo-Irish War

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speech, 20 October 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, Lord Curzon, outrages, RIC, Sinn Féin,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Belfast expelled workers

newspaper cutting, October 1920
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, discrimination, sectarianism,

National Museums Ireland

Funeral of Terence MacSwiney

newspaper cutting, November 1920
Keywords: Cork, hunger strike, prisoners, Terence MacSwiney,

Flickr - NLI

Burning of Cork

photograph, Deccember 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, British Army, Burning of Cork City, reprisals,
Irish Film Institute

Martial Law in Ireland

newsreel, December 1920
Keywords: Ballykinlar Internment Camp, British Army, IRA, martial law, Sinn Féin,
Hansard

Prime Minister’s Announcement – Ireland

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speech, 10 December 1920
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Galway, House of Commons, martial law, Sinn Féin,
History Ireland

The burning of Cork, December 1920

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article, 2015
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, British Army, Burning of Cork City, fire brigade, IRA, Michael Collins, police, reprisals, ...
History Ireland

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

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article, 2012
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish war, Home Rule, IRA, killings, sectarianism, Sinn Féin, USC, UVF,
Hathi Trust Digital Library

The struggle of the Irish people. Address to the Congress of the United States

book, January 1921
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, US,
New RIC Christmas Card
Bicycles, Barracks & Bandoliers

The New RIC

card, 1921
Keywords: Anglo-Irish war, Auxiliaries, Black and Tans, police, RIC,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

photograph, 1921
Keywords: Belfast, Northern Ireland, police, RIC, RUC, USC,

Flickr - NLI

Military carrying out official reprisal following an ambush in Meelin, Co. Cork

photograph, January 1921
Keywords: British Army, Cork, reprisals,

National Museums Ireland

Republican Courts

document, February 1921
Keywords: Dáil Éireann, Republican Courts, Sinn Féin,
Hansard

Outrages and Reprisals

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speech, 1921
Keywords: Auxiliaries, Black and Tans, Hamar Greenwood, House of Commons, Joseph Devlin, police, reprisals, RIC,
RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

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article, 2021
Keywords: 1921 Norther Ireland general election, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Civil Authorities Special Powers Act, Craig-Collins pact, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, IRA, Irish Civil War, ...

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Restoration of Order in Ireland

poster, 23 November 1921
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, British Army, curfew, Northern Ireland, Restoration of Order Act,
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha

video clip, 2015
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, anti-treaty forces, assassination, Cathal Brugha, Dáil Éireann, Easter Rising, IRA, IRB, ...
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Michael Collins

photograph & RIA Biography
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, biography, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Michael Collins, National Army, Provisional Government,

Keywords

  • Anglo-Irish treaty,
  • Anglo-Irish war,
  • anti-treaty forces,
  • Arthur Griffith,
  • biography,
  • British Army,
  • British government,
  • David Lloyd George,
  • Dublin,
  • Dáil Éireann,
  • Eamon de Valera,
  • Easter Rising,
  • Edward Carson,
  • Eoin MacNeill,
  • executions,
  • First World War,
  • Government of Ireland Act,
  • Herbert Asquith,
  • Home Rule,
  • Home Rule opposition,
  • House of Commons,
  • IPP,
  • IRA,
  • IRB,
  • Irish Free State,
  • Irish Volunteers,
  • James Connolly,
  • James Craig,
  • John Redmond,
  • Michael Collins,
  • Nationalists,
  • Northern Ireland,
  • Northern Ireland government,
  • Partition,
  • Patrick Pearse,
  • pro-treaty forces,
  • RIC,
  • Sean MacDermott,
  • Sinn Féin,
  • Third Home Rule Bill,
  • Thomas MacDonagh,
  • Tom Clarke,
  • Ulster Unionists,
  • Unionists,
  • UVF,
  • 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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