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The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) [2] or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
1316 – Battle of Skerries (January) 1316 – Second Battle of Athenry (August) 1317 – Battle of Lough Raska (August) 1318 – Battle of Dysert O'Dea (May) 1318 – Battle of Faughart (October) 1328 – Battle of Thomond. 1329 – Braganstown massacre. 1329 – Battle of Ardnocher. 1330 – Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha.
Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922. For almost all of this period, the island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Ireland underwent considerable difficulties in the 19th century, especially the Great Famine of the 1840s which started a population decline that ...
Irish neutrality during World War II. The policy of neutrality was adopted by Ireland's Oireachtas at the instigation of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera upon the outbreak of World War II in Europe. It was maintained throughout the conflict, in spite of several German air raids by aircraft that missed their intended British targets, and attacks ...
RIC and British Army trucks outside Limerick This is a timeline of the Irish War of Independence (or the Anglo-Irish War) of 1919–21. The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict and most of the fighting was conducted on a small scale by the standards of conventional warfare. Although there were some large-scale encounters between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the state ...
c. 16,000 BC. During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets. c. 12,000 BC. A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC. Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC.
Anglo-Irish Treaty: [2] Dominion status for 26 counties of Southern Ireland as the Irish Free State. 6 counties of Northern Ireland remain part of UK. United Kingdom retains the Ports of Berehaven, Spike Island and Lough Swilly. Irish Civil War. (1922–1923) National Army [3] Irish Republican Army [3] Victory.
History of Ireland. The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it became the Irish Free State. It comprised 26 counties with 6 counties under the control of Unionists which became Northern Ireland in 1921.