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Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Ulster will fight

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, Arthur Griffith, British Army, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, Gaelic League, Gaelic Revival, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, IPP, IRB, James Connolly, Liberal Party, National Volunteers, Parliament Act, Sinn Féin, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, UVF
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
RTE Century Ireland

Irish Volunteers founded in Dublin

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article, 2013
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, Eoin MacNeill, Gaelic League, Irish Volunteers, Nationalists, Sinn Féin
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
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 Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Home Rule, IPP, IRB, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, Patrick Pearse, Sinn Féin
NLI 1916

Seán McDermott

Photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Castle document, Easter Rising, GAA, Gaelic League, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Sean MacDermott, Sinn Féin, Tom Clarke, Woodenbridge speech
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
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

National Museums Ireland

Official communique from Dublin Castle

document, 29 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Countess Markievicz, Dublin, Germany, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sinn Féin
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
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Legacy of 1916

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, 1918 general election, Count Plunkett, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, executions, Frognach, George Bernard Shaw, House of Commons, IPP, James Connolly, John Dillon, Michael Collins, Patrick Geoghegan, Patrick Pearse, prisoners, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionists, W.B. Yeats
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 Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, Arthur Griffith, Conservative Party, Count Plunkett, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Frognach, Herbert Asquith, IPP, IRB, Irish Convention, Irish Nationalism, John Redmond, Liberal Party, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, North Roscommon, prisoners, release of prisoners, Sinn Féin, West Cork, William O'Brien
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

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 Keywords:Tags by-election, Count Plunkett, Easter Rising, Irish Volunteers, Roscommon, Sinn Féin
BBC

BBC Easter Rising website

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article, 2003
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, IPP, Irish Civil War, Sinn Féin
Irish Independent 1916 collection

After the Shooting Stopped

article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, Count Plunkett, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Home Rule, IPP, John Redmond, Mary Daly, RIC, Sinn Féin, W. T. Cosgrave
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 Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, East Clare, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, IPP, Irish Volunteers, Sinn Féin
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 Keywords:Tags arrests, Sinn Féin, Thomas Ashe
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 Keywords:Tags Count Plunkett, Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, Eoin MacNeill, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin convention
UCC

Sinn Féin Constitution

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document, 25 October 1917
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Irish Republic, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin constituition
Youtube RTE

Why was the Irish Party destroyed in 1918?

video clip, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, 1918 general election, conscription crisis, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Convention, John Redmond, Partition, Sinn Féin, Ulster 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
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 Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, Alvin Jackson, IPP, Joseph Devlin, 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 Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, British Army, Cardinal Logue, constitutional nationalists, Eamon de Valera, Edward Carson, House of Commons, IPP, Irish Convention, John Dillon, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, Representation of the People Act, Sinn Féin, Southern Unionists, Ulster Unionist Council, Ulster Unionists, Unionists, UVF
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
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
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
RTE Century Ireland

Sinn Féin leaders arrested over alleged ‘German plot’

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article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, German Plot, Lord French, Sinn Féin, W. T. Cosgrave

Wikimedia

Sinn Féin election poster

poster, 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, Sinn Féin

IWM

We Got Him Out to Put Him In

poster, 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, Sinn Féin, W. T. Cosgrave
UCD History Hub

The 1918 General Election (The Irish Revolution Lecture 6)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, IPP, Michael Laffan, Sinn Féin

Decade of Centenaries timeline

The women of Wicklow will cast their first vote for independence

poster, 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, Representation of the People Act, Sinn Féin
Hathi Trust Digital Library

The General Elections of December 1918

book, c 1919
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, Eamon de Valera, IPP, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist Party
Poster for De Valera meeting in Downpatrick
Down County Museum

Downpatrick Sinn Féin monster demonstration

poster, 1919
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Downpatrick, Eamon de Valera, Paris Peace conference, Sinn Féin
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

National Museums Ireland

Tomas MacCurtain Commemorative postcard

postcard, March 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Cork, propaganda, RIC, Sinn Féin, Tomas MacCurtain
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
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

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Belfast Boycott

leaflet, August 1920
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast Boycott, Dáil Éireann, discrimination, economy, sectarianism, Sinn Féin
Hansard

Lord Curzon – House of Lords Anglo-Irish War

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speech, 20 October 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, guerilla warfare, Lord Curzon, outrages, RIC, Sinn Féin
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
Hansard

Prime Minister’s Announcement – Ireland

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speech, 10 December 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 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
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

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

National Museums Ireland

Republican Courts

document, February 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Dáil Éireann, Republican Courts, Sinn Féin
RTE

How the Treaty debate changed Irish politics forever

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Dáil Éireann, Second Dáil, Sinn Féin, Treaty debates, treaty talks
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
Wikimedia

Arthur Griffith

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, biography, David Lloyd George, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, negotiations, plenipotentiaries, Sinn Féin

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Erskine Childers

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish Truce, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, biography, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, Sinn Féin
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

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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
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    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
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