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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 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, courts martial, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, executions, First World War, Gaelic Revival, Home Rule, internment, IRA, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition, Patrick Pearse, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Ulster Covenant, UVF
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
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 Keywords:Tags arrests, Easter Rising, executions, IRA, Irish Volunteers, martial law
Youtube RTE

Ireland’s Greatest – Michael Collins

TV programme, 2013
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, anti-treaty forces, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, Four Courts, guerilla warfare, IRA, IRB, Irish Civil War, Michael Collins, National Army, pro-treaty forces, Provisional Government, release of prisoners, reprisals, Sinn Féin
Bureau of Military History

How Soloheadbeg Ambush Came About – Witness statement

document, 1919
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, IRA, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Tipperary, Tipperary Brigade
History Ireland

Soloheadbeg: what really happened?

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article, 1997
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, IRA, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Tipperary, Tipperary Brigade
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
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

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
RTE

The Geography of the War of Independence

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 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
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, IRA, Irish Volunteers, 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
History Ireland

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

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article, 2012
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish war, Home Rule, IRA, killings, sectarianism, Sinn Féin, USC, UVF
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
RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, NI government rule 1921-25, Anglo-Irish War, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 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, James Craig, King George V, McMahon murders, Michael Collins, Provisional Government, treaty talks, Winston Churchill
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, Exclusion of Ulster, IRA, IRB, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, plenipotentiaries, pre-treaty talks, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
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
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, anti-treaty forces, assassination, Cathal Brugha, Dáil Éireann, Easter Rising, IRA, IRB, Irish Civil War, Irish Republic, killings, Michael Collins, Patrick Geoghegan, prisoners, pro-treaty forces, Thomas Ashe
UCD

Richard Mulcahy

Photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, biography, Cathal Brugha, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Michael Collins, Minister for Defence, National Army, Richard Mulcahy
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
RTE

The Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

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article, 2022
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Anti-treaty politicians, Arthur Griffith, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, IRA, Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, Michael Collins, Provisional Government, Richard Mulcahy, Second Dáil, Sinn Féin, W. T. Cosgrave

National Portrait Gallery

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

cartoon, 15 February 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags boundary question, IRA, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition
PRONI

Open Divisional Commissioner’s bi-monthly report

document, 15 February 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, Fermanagh, IRA, kidnapping, killings, police, RIC, riots, sectarianism, USC

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Craig-Collins Pact

leaflet, 30 March 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Craig-Collins pact, Dáil Éireann, IRA, James Craig, Michael Collins
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
Houses of Oireachtas

Cmdt. Sean O’Hegarty addresses Dáil Éireann

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speech, 3 May 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Irish Civil War, Michael Collins, pro-treaty forces, Richard Mulcahy
Houses of Oireachtas

The National Situation – Cmdt. Seán O’Hegarty

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speech, 3 May 1922
Topics:Categories Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Republic, Michael Collins, pro-treaty forces, Richard Mulcahy
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Michael Collins

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, biography, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Michael Collins, National Army, Provisional Government
County Down Outrages
Down County Museum

County Down Outrages

newspaper cutting, 3 June 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, IRA, police, RUC, USC
Irish Film Institute

Battle of the Four Courts

newsreel, June 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, Dublin, Four Courts, IRA, pro-treaty forces, Provisional Government
National Museum of Ireland

Anti-Treaty Leaflet

leaflet, 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Anti-treaty politicians, Cathal Brugha, General Nevil Macready, IRA, Winston Churchill
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Irish Civil War

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Collins de Valera pact, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Patrick Geoghegan, pro-treaty forces, Rory O'Connor, W. T. Cosgrave
YouTube - RTE

Violence and the Birth of Northern Ireland

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Expulsions, IRA, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, Unionists

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  • Anglo-Irish treaty,
  • Anglo-Irish war,
  • anti-treaty forces,
  • Arthur Griffith,
  • biography,
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  • British government,
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  • 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,
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  • John Redmond,
  • Michael Collins,
  • Nationalists,
  • Northern Ireland,
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  • 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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