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The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse), [2] also known as the 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 ...
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
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 ...
Irish Rebellion of 1798 [9] United Irishmen. Defenders France Great Britain Ireland; British victory (Suppression by Crown forces) Abolition of the Irish Parliament and creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801; 1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803 [10] United Irishmen: United Kingdom: British victory (Rebellion suppressed) 1848
The United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798 (which sought to end British rule in Ireland) failed, and the 1800 Act of Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland into a combined United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [4] In the mid-19th century, the Great Famine (1845–1852) resulted in the death or emigration of over two million people. At the time ...
The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921. The Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921 ended this war by granting most of the island a great degree of independence, but with six counties in the north staying within the United Kingdom as ...
Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) 1969–98 Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain The Troubles: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish National Liberation Army, Official Irish Republican Army, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation: 1998–present
1867 – Fenian Rising: an abortive attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. 1879–1882 – Land War : A period of agitation in rural Ireland led by The Irish National Land League , the main aims of the war were to get Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent for the tenant farmers.