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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... leader , John Redmond's hopes for Anglo - Irish rapprochement devastat- ed.3 The British government , however , did not choose to recognise these realities . While the Easter Rising in the long term revived militant , advanced nation ...
... leader , John Redmond's hopes for Anglo - Irish rapprochement devastat- ed.3 The British government , however , did not choose to recognise these realities . While the Easter Rising in the long term revived militant , advanced nation ...
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... leader , as his chief aide . Saunderson was a protégé of Walter Long and a bigoted Protestant of the worst order . In January 1919 Saunderson told Long : ' I have been waging steady war with the dirty elements in Dublin Castle . When ...
... leader , as his chief aide . Saunderson was a protégé of Walter Long and a bigoted Protestant of the worst order . In January 1919 Saunderson told Long : ' I have been waging steady war with the dirty elements in Dublin Castle . When ...
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... leadership were imprisoned on the flimsiest of grounds . When the material justifying the arrests was published in 1921 , it pertained almost entirely to pre - 1918 evidence.31 The action would appear to have been intended to ...
... leadership were imprisoned on the flimsiest of grounds . When the material justifying the arrests was published in 1921 , it pertained almost entirely to pre - 1918 evidence.31 The action would appear to have been intended to ...
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... leadership of the Cork Volunteers was put on trial by the IRB for surrendering their arms , and the Kerry leaders were heavily blamed for the debacle of the arms landing and the arrest of Sir Roger Casement on Fenit Strand . Thus the ...
... leadership of the Cork Volunteers was put on trial by the IRB for surrendering their arms , and the Kerry leaders were heavily blamed for the debacle of the arms landing and the arrest of Sir Roger Casement on Fenit Strand . Thus the ...
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Sommario
BEGINNING | 23 |
APOGEE | 67 |
CONSEQUENCES | 151 |
Conclusion | 198 |
Appendices | 204 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 257 |
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