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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... reprisals at Balbriggan . 14 October : Shooting dead of Seán Treacy . 25 October : Death of Terence MacSwiney on hunger strike . 1 November : Execution of Kevin Barry . 12 November : Arthur Griffith calls off remaining hunger strikes ...
... reprisals at Balbriggan . 14 October : Shooting dead of Seán Treacy . 25 October : Death of Terence MacSwiney on hunger strike . 1 November : Execution of Kevin Barry . 12 November : Arthur Griffith calls off remaining hunger strikes ...
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... reprisal at Midleton . 4 January : Martial law declared for Clare , Wexford , Waterford and Kilkenny . 7 March : Shooting dead of George Clancy , Mayor of Limerick , and Michael O'Callaghan , ex - Mayor of Limerick . 19 March ...
... reprisal at Midleton . 4 January : Martial law declared for Clare , Wexford , Waterford and Kilkenny . 7 March : Shooting dead of George Clancy , Mayor of Limerick , and Michael O'Callaghan , ex - Mayor of Limerick . 19 March ...
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... reprisals have rivalled the issue of the British government's culpability for the Great Famine as the most emotive subject in modern Irish history . A famil- iar and popular story has usually been told in the form of biographies , mem ...
... reprisals have rivalled the issue of the British government's culpability for the Great Famine as the most emotive subject in modern Irish history . A famil- iar and popular story has usually been told in the form of biographies , mem ...
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... reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the IRA and its methods in 1920-21 later exulted over what had been achieved . In 1920 , Cardinal Logue said of ...
... reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the IRA and its methods in 1920-21 later exulted over what had been achieved . In 1920 , Cardinal Logue said of ...
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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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