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Ireland’s Wars: Redmond’s Volunteer Takeover
Between the unreliability of the British military when it came to upholding the law, and the gun-running’s that had increased the armed potential of the Ulster and Irish Volunteers, things appeared to be disintegrating fast in Ireland in the summer … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: Home Rule And Volunteers
We are now truly entering an era of Irish history commonly identified with the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. The events we will be discussing were the final steps on the road to those conflicts, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged carson, craig, hibernians, history, hobson, home rule, ipp, irb, ireland, irish volunteers, macneill, redmond, ulster volunteers, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Gaelic Revival And The IRB
In this series, I make it a point to prioritize military affairs when it comes to Irish history, but battles and armies and generals don’t exist in a vacuum. They are a product of their cultural, social and political environments, and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1867, cells, clarke, fenians, gaa, gaelic league, gaelic revival, griffith, history, hobson, home rule, irb, ireland, irish republican brotherhood, mac diarmada, sinn fein, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Boer War In Ireland
The Boer War was a part of a series of nineteenth century conflicts, starting most definitively with the Crimean War, that had a great deal of international attention, owing to the large journalistic presence and the advances in communication technology … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Phoenix Park Murders
The IRB , like so many similar organisations before them and after them, were no strangers to internal factionalisation. It is, perhaps, only natural for an entity obsessed with secrecy and the independent operation of separate cells to de develop … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1882, burke, cavendish, fenians, history, invincibles, irb, ireland, murders, phoenix park, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Land War
In the last entry we discussed the rise of the home rule movement, with the Home Rule League becoming Britain’s first legitimately powerful third party. With that came the attention of the IRB and the so-called “New Departure”. But behind … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: A New Departure
Having spent a great deal of time recently in America discussing the actions of Irish nationalist movements and organisations there, the time has come to swing back to the other side of the Atlantic, to have a look at affairs … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1870s, butt, clan na gael, devoy, fenians, history, home rule, irb, ireland, league, new departure, parnell, war
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