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Ireland’s Wars: The Economic War
Even while his government was dealing with the more political aspects of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in terms of tearing them down, and establishing its relationship with the IRA, de Valera was involved in a showdown with the United Kingdom that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged britain, chamberlain, churchill, de valera, economic war, history, ireland, london, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Fianna Fail And The IRA
Fianna Fail were in power with Eamon de Valera as President of the Executive Council at the head of a cabinet of well know figures from the revolutionary period: Sean T. O’ Kelly as Vice-President, Sean Lemass as Minister of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1930s, blueshirts, dail, de valera, fianna fail, history, ira, ireland, irish free state, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The 1932 Election
The five years after the 1927 elections were not especially happy ones for Cumann na nGaedheal. With Fianna Fail now taking their seats in the Dail, the pro-Treaty party of government had a substantial opposition to deal with for the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1932, cosgrave, cumannna ngaedheal, dail, de valera, election, fianna fail, history, ireland, irish defence forces, o'duffy, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Fianna Fail, The 1927 Elections And The O’Higgins Assassination
1927 was a pivotal year for the Irish Free State, for several reasons. Not four years removed from the end of the Civil War, the Free State could be considered an established entity, with a government that had proven it … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1927, cumann na ngaedheal, de valera, fianna fail, free state, history, ira, ireland, sinn fein, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The IRA After The Civil War
Having looked at the early years of the post-Civil War Free State and the military and political challenges that it faced, we now turn back to the losing side of the 1922/23 conflict. The Irish Republican Army was not an … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1920s, aiken, communism, cumann na ngaedheal, de valera, history, ira, ireland, republicans, soviet russia, twomey, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Boundary Commission
It may not fall under the category of a “war” persay, but it would be churlish to claim that the issue of the Boundary Commission did not have any inter-relation with the strategic position of both the Irish Free State … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1925, britain, cosgrave, cumann na ngaedheal, history, ireland, macneill, nationalist, reviews, unionist, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Army Mutiny
The Irish revolutionary period was a time that was dominated by military men and military organisations. Whether it was people like Padraig Pearse who held an idealised view of what a uniform represented, whether it was men like Michael Collins … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1924, army mutiny, cosgrave, history, ireland, irish defence forces, mulcahy, national army, tobin, war
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Ireland’s Wars: 1923 After The Civil War
The Irish Civil War is traditionally taken as ending on the 24th May 1923 when the new IRA Chief Of Staff Frank Aiken issued orders for the IRA is stop their operations. The republicans did not fully admit that they … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, cosgrave, de valera, history, hunger strikers, ira, ireland, irish free state, mulcahy, national army, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Final Thoughts On The Irish Revolutionary Period
In the course of the last 150+ entries (studies of Irish history tend to be top heavy with study of this period, and now I understand why), we have covered what is dubbed the “Irish revolutionary period”, that section of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, britain, british army, coin, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: A Summary Of The Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War can be a difficult one to approach. It was a strange conflict in many respects: a mixture of regular fighting and guerrilla warfare, fought to its most significant degree only in a few select areas of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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