On 22 February 1919, Sean T. Ó Ceallaigh wrote ... making a claim for the recognition of its independence at a post-war peace conference. Irish republicans had long sought to exploit ...

Catholic and Protestant church leaders attended the ceremony as well as politicians from both sides of the border The 100th anniversary of the truce in the Irish War of Independence has been ...

After the bloodshed of the Irish War of Independence, which raged from January 1919 to July 1921, hopes were high that the Anglo-Irish Treaty would bring peace to Ireland. The treaty, which ...

Irish Republican Army This topic contains articles relating to the original IRA from the time of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). It also covers later paramilitary organisations that ...

From the beginning of the conflict in January 1919 to its end in July 1921 an undeclared state of war existed across Ireland between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the forces of the British ...

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 ...