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UCD History Hub

The Third Home Rule Bill. 100 Years On

podcast, c. 2015
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, British government, Conor Mulvagh, Conservative Party, IPP, Liberal Party, Nationalists, parliament, Parliament Act, People's Budget, Third Home Rule Bill
Youtube RTE

Neither Monolithic Nor Unified’: The Leadership of the IPP

video clip, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags British government, constitutional nationalists, David Lloyd George, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Nationalism, John Dillon, John Redmond, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, sectarianism, T.P. O'Connor, Third Home Rule Bill
Youtube RTE

Home Rule and British Parliamentary Politics

video clip, 2013
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, British government, Home Rule, House of Commons, House of Lords, IPP, Liberal Party, Parliament Act, People's Budget, Third Home Rule Bill
UCD History Hub

The Home Rule Party (The Irish Revolution Lecture 2)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, British government, Buckingham Palace Conference, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, House of Lords, Hubert Gough, IPP, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Liberal Party, Lord Landsdowne, Michael Laffan, Nationalists, Parliament Act, Partition, Southern Unionists, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, UVF, Winston Churchill
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 Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Bulmer Hobson, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Eoin MacNeill, First World War, Gaelic League, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule Bill, House of Commons, IPP, IRB, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Liberal Party, National Volunteers, Nationalists, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, UVF
RTE Century Ireland

The Curragh Crisis, March 1914

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article, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Curragh Incident, General Arthur Paget, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, Ulster Unionists, War Office
RTE Century Ireland

The Curragh Crisis

article, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Curragh Incident, General Arthur Paget, gun-running, Home Rule opposition, Hubert Gough, Irish Volunteers, RIC, UVF
National Archives Ireland

The 1916 Courts-martial and the Dublin Executions

article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British government, courts martial, Defence of the Realm Act, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General John Maxwell, General Nevil Macready, Herbert Asquith, IPP, James Connolly, John Dillon, John Redmond, Patrick Pearse, Sinn Féin, Thomas MacDonagh
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: 1916 Proclamation

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Augustine Birrell, British government, Easter Rising, Herbert Asquith, Patrick Geoghegan, Patrick Pearse
Hansard

Continuance of Martial Law – John Dillon

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debate, 11 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, courts martial, Easter Rising, executions, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General John Maxwell, Herbert Asquith, House of Commons, IPP, John Dillon, martial law, Sinn Féin
Youtube RTE

British Policy and the 1916 Rising

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British government, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, executions, First World War, Herbert Asquith, Roger Casement, Ronan Fanning, Sinn Féin, Southern Unionists
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
Youtube RTE

1916: How the Rising changed Irish political life

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags arrests, British government, constitutional nationalists, Easter Rising, executions, Fearghal McGarry, First World War, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Home Rule, internment, IPP, 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 Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, First World War, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Convention, John Dillon, John Redmond, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, Partition, release of prisoners, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin convention, Thomas Ashe, Unionists
Youtube RTE

How Britain lost Ireland

video clip, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First World War, Home Rule, internment, IPP, Ronan Fanning, 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
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

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
National Archives

Home Rule : Government of Ireland Amendment Bill

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document, 23 April 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British government, David Lloyd George, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule Bill, House of Commons, Irish Convention, Lord Curzon, Nationalists, Ulster Unionists, Unionists, Walter Long, War Cabinet
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
UCD History Hub

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

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Ambush, An tOglach, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, British government, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Irish Volunteers, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, military rule, RIC, Soloheadbeg, weapons
National Archives UK

Restoration of Order in Ireland Bill

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document, 30 July 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 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
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, British government, David Lloyd George, Home Rule, Restoration of Order Act, Sinn Féin, Unionist Party
History Hub

Diarmaid Ferriter discusses the Anglo Irish Treaty (Full Interview)

video clip, 2020
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish Truce, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Empire, British government, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Document no.2, domain status, Eamon de Valera, external association, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, General Nevil Macready, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Republicans, Sinn Féin, truce, Winston Churchill

Warwick Digital Collections

Britain’s Disgrace : What the World thinks of British rule in Ireland

leaflet, 20 January 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Truce Keywords:Tags British government, Labour Party

Warwick Digital Collections

Peace with Ireland: Labour’s Proposals for a Settlement by Consent

leaflet, 26 January 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Truce Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, British government, Cardinal Logue, Labour Party, Sinn Féin, truce

Warwick Digital Collections

The Ruin of Ireland

leaflet, 15 January 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Truce Keywords:Tags British government, Labour Party, reprisals
National Archives UK

Terms of the Armstice

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document, 9 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Truce Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, British Army, British government, RIC, truce
National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

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document, 20 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, British government, Council of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, RIC
National Archives UK

Correspondence between Lloyd George and de Valera

document, 10 August 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags British government, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance
National Archives UK

The Irish Settlement-6th December 1921

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document, 6 December 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, British government, David Lloyd George, oath of allegiance, Ulster
Irish Film Institute

The Surrender of Dublin Castle

newsreel, January 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, British government, Dublin Castle, Irish Free State, Michael Collins, Provisional Government
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

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

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document, 30 March 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Boundary Commission, British government, Catholic recruitment, Craig-Collins pact, discrimination, IFS Constitution, IRA, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland government, police, Provisional Government, release of prisoners
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Michael Collins to James Craig (Belfast)

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letter, 27 April 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Boundary Commission, British government, Craig-Collins pact, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland government, Provisional Government, release of prisoners
National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. Ireland.  

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document, 16 May 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, British Army, British government, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Irregulars, Michael Collins, pro-treaty forces, Provisional Government, Regulars, Southern Unionists, Winston Churchill
Hansard

Ulster Special Constabulary

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speech, 15 May 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags British government, curfew, Hamar Greenwood, Joseph Devlin, USC
National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum- Ireland. Draft Constitution.

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document, 16 June 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags British government, IFS Constitution, Michael Collins, Provisional Government, Winston Churchill
National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. Ireland – Capture of Four Courts.

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document, 30 June 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, British government, Dublin, Four Courts, National Army, pro-treaty forces, Winston Churchill
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Notes of a conference with the Irish Boundary Commission

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document, 3 December 1925
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags border, Boundary Commission, British government, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Free State, J.R. Fisher, James Craig, Justice Feetham, Northern Ireland, Stanley Baldwin, W. T. Cosgrave, Winston Churchill

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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
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