The Irish War of IndependenceMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 20 nov 2002 - 400 pagine The war was prosecuted ruthlessly by the Irish Republican Army which, paralleling the political efforts of Sinn Féin, hoped to break Britain's will to rule Ireland and create an independent Irish republic. The British retaliated by introducing two new irregular forces into Ireland, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries. Fighting took place principally in counties Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, Clare, Kerry, and Longford. It was sporadic but vicious, with fewer than 2,000 IRA volunteers facing over 50,000 crown forces. The IRA depended upon energetic local leaders -- where there were none, there was little fighting. |
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... Civil War has been cautious in tone and restricted in scope : surprisingly the 1919-23 period , in contrast to the debate about the Easter Rising , has not featured strongly in the whole revisionist saga . We are constantly told that Civil ...
... Civil War has been cautious in tone and restricted in scope : surprisingly the 1919-23 period , in contrast to the debate about the Easter Rising , has not featured strongly in the whole revisionist saga . We are constantly told that Civil ...
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... Civil War and its legacy of eternal bitterness and mistrust divorced the new state from an objective evalu- ation of its revolutionary roots . The Irish equivalent of Bastille Day is Easter Monday 1916 ; it has been easier for Irish ...
... Civil War and its legacy of eternal bitterness and mistrust divorced the new state from an objective evalu- ation of its revolutionary roots . The Irish equivalent of Bastille Day is Easter Monday 1916 ; it has been easier for Irish ...
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... civil servant , permanently stationed in Dublin.9 - The system was full of potential for disharmony both within Dublin Castle and between Dublin and Westminster . At sundry times British politicians talked of modernising it but little ...
... civil servant , permanently stationed in Dublin.9 - The system was full of potential for disharmony both within Dublin Castle and between Dublin and Westminster . At sundry times British politicians talked of modernising it but little ...
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... civil administration . The consequence has been a series of most serious blunders . ' W.E. Wylie , the Law Adviser in Dublin Castle , wrote : ' A dear old man Lord French . A kindly honest Gentleman brave and courte- ous but I often ...
... civil administration . The consequence has been a series of most serious blunders . ' W.E. Wylie , the Law Adviser in Dublin Castle , wrote : ' A dear old man Lord French . A kindly honest Gentleman brave and courte- ous but I often ...
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... civil servants , soldiers and lawyers . The Chief Secretary was excluded and there was no accountability to parliament . French himself headed the Military Council which again aimed at the rationalisation of the loosely - controlled ...
... civil servants , soldiers and lawyers . The Chief Secretary was excluded and there was no accountability to parliament . French himself headed the Military Council which again aimed at the rationalisation of the loosely - controlled ...
Sommario
BEGINNING | 23 |
APOGEE | 67 |
CONSEQUENCES | 151 |
Conclusion | 198 |
Appendices | 204 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 257 |
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