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The First Dáil of the Irish Republic meets and issues a Declaration of Independence from the UK. 21 January: Irish War of Independence: Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary in what is considered to be the first act of the War of Independence. 1921: 3 May: Northern Ireland is established ...
Irish republicanism (Irish: poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic.
A new source of radical Irish nationalism developed in the same period in the cities outside Ulster. In 1896, James Connolly, founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party in Dublin. Connolly's party was small and unsuccessful in elections, but his fusion of socialism and Irish republicanism was to have a sustained impact on republican thought.
Its records were sealed until the last veteran's death in 2003; they were published online in 2012. [22] In May 2010, the Institute for British Irish Studies in University College Dublin organised a conference on the theme A Decade of Centenaries: Commemorating Our Shared History. [23] Taoiseach Brian Cowen addressed the conference: [24]
The Irish People: Ideology: Irish republicanism Irish nationalism: National affiliation: Irish Volunteers (1913–1917) Irish Republican Army (1917–1922) Irish National Army (1922–1924) American affiliate: Fenian Brotherhood (1858–1867) Clan na Gael (1867–1924) Colours Green & Gold: Slogan: Erin go bragh
In 1949 the IRA Army Council issued a statement which outlined its position on the declaration of the Republic: "...the Irish Republic, proclaimed in arms Easter 1916 and ratified in 1919 by the elected representatives of the people of all Ireland was prevented from functioning, and in its stead two Partition Parliaments were set up to govern ...
In 1873, the Irish Republican Brotherhood adopted a new constitution, which stated that armed rebellion would not be pursued again until it had mass backing from the people. [17] In 1879, the leaders of the IRB, principally John Devoy, decided on a New Departure , eschewing, for the time, physical force in favour of adopting the land question ...
The Fenian dynamite campaign (also known as the Fenian bombing campaign) was a campaign of political violence orchestrated by Irish republican paramilitary groups in Great Britain from 1881 to 1885.