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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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Ireland’s Wars: Britain And The United States In The Irish Civil War
It is generally recognised nowadays that Great Britain got more of what they wanted from the Anglo-Irish Treaty than the Irtish representatives did. In it was an essential recognition of partition, the inclusion of the Irish Free State inside the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, america, anti-Treaty, baldwin, bonar law, britain, british army, clan na gael, de valera, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War In Northern Ireland
It has long been the case that the north of Ireland received a disproportionately little amount of attention in terms of historical study of the Irish revolutionary period. This seems especially strange in the context of the War of Independence, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, cosgrave, craig, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, national army, northern ireland, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Ballyseedy And The March Massacres
Civil wars tend to have a particularly brutal edge to them. That’s something I believe that I have talked about before in the context of conflicts fought in other places, but it was true in Ireland as well. The somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, ballyseedy, daly, dublin guard, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, kerry, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: 1923 In Kerry
The Irish Civil War, in 1923, was drawing to a close. The IRA’s ability to maintain its guerrilla struggle was being suppressed all over the country, and only in a few select areas could it be said that it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, kerry, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War In 1923
When 1923 dawned, the newly born Irish Free State could look forward with increased optimism. They had control over the vast majority of the country, and had the allegiance, given freely or coerced, of the majority of the population. The … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, coin, counter-insurgency, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, liam lynch, mulcahy, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
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