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Ireland’s Wars: 1920 In Derry
It has been a while since we have looked at the city of Derry (or Londonderry if it means all that much to you) in the context of Irish military history. In that respect, the city is mostly synonymous with … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1920, British, derry, hibernians, history, ipp, ira, ireland, londonderry, o'doherty, sinn fein, ulster volunteers, war, war of independence
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Ireland’s Wars: The First World War Begins
The origins of the First World War have been long-debated, and bare little going into, bar the basic particulars. In the summer of 1914, a generations worth of international and intranational tensions – the naval arms race between Britain and … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War That Wasn’t
Much of the political wrangling around Home Rule in the summer of 1914 was about whether Ulster would be part of the process at all. Early on and at different stages of the legislative process, opposition figures, and even supporters, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, carson, history, home rule, ipp, ireland, irish parliamentary party, irish volunteers, july crisis, partition, redmond, ulster volunteers, uvf, war, world war one
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Ireland’s Wars: Gun-Runnings
Starting in 1913, the British government had brought in new legislation to clamp down on the private arms trade into Britain and Ireland, with a mind to curtail the possible arming of both the Ulster and the Irish Volunteers, that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, gun-running, history, howth, ireland, irish volunteers, iv, larne, ulster volunteers, uvf, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Curragh Mutiny
Coming out of the wave of volunteering in 1912 and 1913, and then the unrest of the Lockout, 1914 was earmarked as a momentous year in Irish history. Under the new rules governing what the House of Lords could and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, asquith, british army, curragh mutiny, French, history, home rule, ireland, irish volunteers, paget, seeley, ulster volunteers, war
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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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Revolutionary Remembrance: The Volunteer War
The anniversary of the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force passed most of Ireland by without much notice. As previously stated here, the almost deliberate ignoring of the Protestant side of the Irish revolution, even when much of what followed … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Revolutionary Remembrance, War
Tagged 1913, centenary, home rule, ireland, irish volunteers, revolution, ulster volunteers, war
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