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The Irish War of Independence ( Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) [4] or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the ...
This is a timeline of the Irish War of Independence (or the Anglo-Irish War [1]) of 1919–21. The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict and most of the fighting was conducted on a small scale by the standards of conventional warfare. Although there were some large-scale encounters between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the ...
Part of the First War of Scottish Independence: 1333–38 Burke Civil War: A conflict among the House of Burke: 1534 Kildare Rebellion: 1569–73 First Desmond Rebellion: Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland: 1579–83 Second Desmond Rebellion: Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland 1594–1603 Nine Years' War: Part of the Tudor conquest of ...
Michael Collins ( Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin; [1] 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. [2] During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a government ...
It also eclipsed the home rule movement. In 1922, after the Irish War of Independence, most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State, but under the Anglo-Irish Treaty the six northeastern counties, known as Northern Ireland, remained
The ambush would later be seen as the beginning of the Irish War of Independence. The British government declared South Tipperary a Special Military Area under the Defence of the Realm Act two days later. There was strong condemnation from the Catholic Church in Ireland. The parish priest of Tipperary Town called the dead officers "martyrs to ...
Many Irish republicans blamed the British establishment for the sectarian divisions in Ireland, and believed that Ulster Unionist defiance would fade once British rule was ended. In an attempt to bring about the secession of Ireland from the UK, the Irish War of Independence began on 21 January 1919 with the Soloheadbeg ambush.
Bloody Sunday (1920) Bloody Sunday remembrance plaque at Croke Park. Bloody Sunday ( Irish: Domhnach na Fola) was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. More than 30 people were killed or fatally wounded. The day began with an Irish Republican Army (IRA) operation, organised by Michael Collins, to ...