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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... Forces of the Crown : a member of the DMP , a regular soldier and two Black and Tans ( courtesy of Hulton Getty ) Black and Tans confiscate property taken from Liberty Hall , the headquarters of the Irish Transport & General Workers ...
... Forces of the Crown : a member of the DMP , a regular soldier and two Black and Tans ( courtesy of Hulton Getty ) Black and Tans confiscate property taken from Liberty Hall , the headquarters of the Irish Transport & General Workers ...
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... force revo- lution and the issue was never put to the test . It was British coercion , and par- ticularly the reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the ...
... force revo- lution and the issue was never put to the test . It was British coercion , and par- ticularly the reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the ...
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Michael Hopkinson. 1 BRITISH RULE IN IRELAND " The present conflict between the opposing forces in Ireland has its ... force the passage of Home Rule as the ultimate British betrayal . Vast numbers of moderates became radicals almost ...
Michael Hopkinson. 1 BRITISH RULE IN IRELAND " The present conflict between the opposing forces in Ireland has its ... force the passage of Home Rule as the ultimate British betrayal . Vast numbers of moderates became radicals almost ...
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... force an ignominious peace on us , unless something is done ... to satisfy America . " By this time , the transformed Sinn Féin Party had achieved a dominant position in Irish politics against the back- ground of British prevarication ...
... force an ignominious peace on us , unless something is done ... to satisfy America . " By this time , the transformed Sinn Féin Party had achieved a dominant position in Irish politics against the back- ground of British prevarication ...
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... Gentleman brave and courte- ous but I often wondered how the first British Expeditionary Force ... ever got back from Mons in 1914. ' While in office , French soon retreated from any support. 8 The Irish War of Independence.
... Gentleman brave and courte- ous but I often wondered how the first British Expeditionary Force ... ever got back from Mons in 1914. ' While in office , French soon retreated from any support. 8 The Irish War of Independence.
Sommario
BEGINNING | 23 |
APOGEE | 67 |
CONSEQUENCES | 151 |
Conclusion | 198 |
Appendices | 204 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 257 |
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