The Irish War of IndependenceGill & Macmillan, 2002 - 274 pagine The Irish War of Independence was a sporadic guerrilla campaign which lasted from January 1919 until July 1921. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the forces of the British crown with the intention of breaking Britain's will to rule Ireland. This campaign paralleled the political efforts of Sinn Fein to create an independent Irish republic. |
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... British set the execution day as 1 November , All Saints Day . As Donal O'Donovan has written : ' Quite apart from the outcry against hanging a man on a church holiday , the British forgot , or perhaps simply ignored , the effect of ...
... British set the execution day as 1 November , All Saints Day . As Donal O'Donovan has written : ' Quite apart from the outcry against hanging a man on a church holiday , the British forgot , or perhaps simply ignored , the effect of ...
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... British agents , led by the notoriously sadistic Captain Hardy . The British authorities claimed in time - honoured fashion that the prisoners were shot while trying to escape . The informer responsible for these arrests was soon ...
... British agents , led by the notoriously sadistic Captain Hardy . The British authorities claimed in time - honoured fashion that the prisoners were shot while trying to escape . The informer responsible for these arrests was soon ...
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... British force was expected than actually arrived and was easily overcome . Four of the British forces were killed and several badly wounded . On 3 February 1921 at Dromkeen , near Pallas , in another successful attack , eleven police ...
... British force was expected than actually arrived and was easily overcome . Four of the British forces were killed and several badly wounded . On 3 February 1921 at Dromkeen , near Pallas , in another successful attack , eleven police ...
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Background to the Irish Revolution | 13 |
Outline of the War January 1919June 1920 | 27 |
British Administration 1919April 1920 | 33 |
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