They are at war with Germany. Recruiting goes on there actively ... The continued occupation of these by British troops was resented as a diminution of Ireland's independence; and last year, as part ...

On this day, Jan 2, 1920, recruitment began for the Black and Tans, Britain’s unofficial auxiliary army during the Irish War of Independence. The Black and Tans first arrived in Ireland on March ...

or the political violence precipitating the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—the subject of his Burns Scholar Lecture on March 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Library Thompson Room. A collaboration between ...

Historian Dr Margaret Ward, QUB, talks to RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson about the various roles that women played during the Irish war of independence. This is an excerpt from an interview filmed by ...

To try to achieve independence, the new Sinn Féin MPs refused to take their seats (abstained) at Westminster in London. This was known as the Anglo-Irish War and was a very violent conflict.

On the surface, every political faction in Ireland, including Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – which have governed Ireland since independence ... to sell Israel’s war bonds while it is engaged ...

one with an incredible stake in the whole story – Irish International rugby legend Donal Lenihan. Lenihan was delighted to officiate at the launch of The War of Independence in North Kerry ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. On December 1, the Irish rejected the country's pro-reunification party in the parliamentary elections. The ...

Ireland has joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.

Of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence, three were born on the island of Ireland: Thomas McKean, Charles ...

In January 1919, Irish politicians declared independence from the United Kingdom, set up a government in Dublin and claimed ...