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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
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    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
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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 Keywords:Tags British Army, conscription crisis, First World War, Keith Jeffery
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 Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, British Army, courts martial, Dublin, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, enlistment, Eoin MacNeill, executions, First World War, GPO, Home Rule, internment, IRB, Irish Nationalism, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, National Volunteers, Patrick Pearse, police, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
RTE Archives

The Easter Rising

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video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Cathal Brugha, Cumann na mBan, Dublin, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, GPO, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement
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 Keywords:Tags British Army, Dublin, Easter Rising, GPO, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly
National Archives

The Courts-martial of the 1916 leaders

article, 2019
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, courts martial, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, Fearghal McGarry, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General John Maxwell, Herbert Asquith, ICA, IRA, IRB, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
UCD History Hub

The Easter Rising (The Irish Revolution Lecture 4)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Augustine Birrell, British Army, courts martial, Dublin, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, GPO, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Michael Laffan, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
RTE - YouTube

36th Ulster Division and the Somme

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags 36th Ulster Division, British Army, First World War, Somme
Youtube RTE

How the Conscription Crisis Changed Irish Politics

video clip, 2019
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Alvin Jackson, British Army, conscription crisis, First World War, Irish Nationalism, John Redmond, Sinn Féin
National Archives

Application of Military Service Act to Ireland

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document, 26 March 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, General Bryan Mahon, General Byrne, Military Service Bill, War Cabinet
National Archives

Ireland – Compulsory Military Service

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document, 27 March 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, General Bryan Mahon, General Byrne, Military Service Bill, Nationalists, RIC, War Cabinet

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Ireland’s Solemn League and Covenant: Anti-conscription protest form

document, April 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, British Army, British government, Cardinal Logue, conscription crisis, Eamon de Valera, John Dillon, Joseph Devlin, Military Service Bill
The Irish Times

Sinn Féin and the conscription crisis

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article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, British Army, British government, Cardinal Logue, Catholic church, conscription crisis, First World War, German Plot, IPP, John Dillon, John Redmond, Labour Party, Military Service Bill, Sinn Féin, T.P. O'Connor, Walter Long
National Archives

Application of the Military Service Act

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document, 23 April 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Catholic church, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, General Byrne, General Nevil Macready, Lord French, Military Service Bill, War Cabinet
National Archives

Ireland Home Rule Bill and Conscription

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document, 18 June 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, Catholic church, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule Bill, Lord Curzon, Nationalists, Unionists, Walter Long, War Cabinet
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, assassination, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First Dáil, flying columns, guerilla warfare, hunger strike, IRA, Kevin Barry, killings, Michael Collins, Patrick Geoghegan, Republican Courts, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Terence MacSwiney, Tom Barry, Tomas MacCurtain, Walter Long

IWM

The IRA suspects lined up outside barracks after a roundup

photograph, 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags British Army, IRA, prisoners, RIC
National Archives UK

The Irish Situation – April 1920

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document, 3 April 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, guerilla warfare, IRA, Lord French, police, RIC, Sinn Féin, Walter Long
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Five Men Shot Dead in Derry

newspaper cutting, 17 June 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags British Army, Derry, IRA, riots, Unionists, UVF

IWM

British Army crossing trench cut by IRA

photograph, 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags British Army, flying columns, guerilla warfare, IRA
Irish Film Institute

Daily Terror in Ireland

newsreel, October 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, British Army, Dublin, IRA
Irish Film Institute

Martial Law in Ireland

newsreel, December 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Ballykinlar Internment Camp, British Army, IRA, martial law, Sinn Féin
History Ireland

The burning of Cork, December 1920

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article, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, British Army, Burning of Cork City, fire brigade, IRA, Michael Collins, police, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Tom Barry
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Army, Cathal Brugha, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Free State, Irregulars, James Craig, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, National Army, oath of allegiance, Partition, pro-treaty forces, Regulars, riots, Rory O'Connor, sectarianism, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, external association, General Jan Smuts, IRA, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Robert Barton, Sinn Féin, Winston Churchill
UCD History Hub

The Irish Civil War (Irish Revolution Lecture 10)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags Ambush, anti-treaty forces, assassination, British Army, Cathal Brugha, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, Dublin, Eamon de Valera, Ernest Blythe, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, guerilla warfare, IRA, Liam Lynch, Limerick, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, Nationalists, pro-treaty forces, Provisional Government, Republicans, Richard Mulcahy, Rory O'Connor, Sinn Féin, W. T. Cosgrave, Waterford

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  • 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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