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President of Ireland leads 1916 commemorations in Dublin
Simon Harris, who became leader of Fine Gael after Leo ... Thus, the 1916 Rising set the wheels in motion for the Irish War of Independence, which began in 1919 and eventually led to Ireland's ...
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Introducing de Valera – The East Clare by-election and the rise of an Irish political leader
It is a victory for the independence of Ireland, and for an Irish Republic.' The Rising made de Valera a leader in prison; prison leadership made him a candidate in Clare; and Clare made him a ...
‘They asked for arms to defend themselves and we could not give them. They might shoot some of the English who were coming to beat them up’ - IRA veteran’s anger …
He was particularly disturbed when Taoiseach Jack Lynch dismissed two of his ministers over an alleged plot to import arms to ...
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Red Lines: Examining the Irish War of Independence
Michael Portillo talks to Mark Carruthers and UCD historian, Prof Diarmaid Ferriter about his new RTE series 'Hawks and Doves', examining the Irish War Of Independence. Mr Portillo is a former ...
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WATCH: Domestic & Dangerous – Irish women during the war of independence
Historian Dr Margaret Ward, QUB, talks to RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson about the various roles that women played during the Irish war of independence. This is an excerpt from an interview filmed by ...
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Book Review: Arming the Irish Revolution: Gunrunning and Arms Smuggling, 1911– 1922
With Britain’s entry into the World War, the implementation of Home Rule was suspended and the leaders on the opposing ... Rising that led the majority of Irish Catholics to abandon the cause of Home ...