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Ireland’s Wars: Bloody Sunday (1921)
The events of this entry, and the events of the next, crossover rather directly with the culmination of the truce negotiations, which form an important backdrop to both. I will come to the truce in a few weeks, but felt … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1921, belfast, britain, hibernians, history, ira, ireland, ric, ulster, usc, war, war of independence
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Ireland’s Wars: Ulster In 1921
It has almost become a tired cliche on this site, but I will say it at least one more time: the Irish War of Independence in Ulster is an under-researched and under-noticed thing. In many of the history books and … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Rising In Ulster
It is fair to say that the northern nine counties of Ireland frequently get a raw deal when it comes to the remembrance of the Irish revolutionary period, to the extent that you may be forgiven for thinking that nothing … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1916, antrim, belfast, British, easter rising, history, ireland, mccartan, mccullough, pearse, tyrone, ulster, volunteers, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Essex’s Downfall
This was originally the second half of a larger entry, that I have decided to split as part of a revision/expansion. The first part can be found here. The first campaign that the Earl of Essex had led in Ireland … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1599, elizabeth, essex, history, hugh o'neill, ireland, nine years war, tudor, ulster, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Ballynahinch And The End In Ulster
The rebellion in Ulster had begun in Antrim, but had barely gotten started there before it was crushed. The army of Henry Joy McCracken, what was left of it anyway, was retreating northwards. General Nugent, the man who had defeated … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1798, ballynahinch, history, ireland, monroe, nugent, saintfield, ulster, united irishmen, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Antrim
Ulster had been the birthplace of the United Irishmen movement, founded in 1791 by Wolfe Tone and others, and for some time it had been the main area of United activity and organisation. But as the end of the decade … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1798, antrim, history, ireland, mccracken, nugent, ulster, united irishmen, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Four Fronts From 1595 To 1597
As 1595 wound down and 1596 began, the Nine Years War continued in its haphazard manner, still yet to evolve into the all or nothing struggle it was later to be defined as. In truth, around this period, the Nine … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged blackwater, carrickfergus, chichester, clifford, clontibret, connacht, fiach mchugh, history, hugh o'neill, hugh roe, ireland, macdonnells, nine years war, red hugh, spain, thomas burgh, tyrconnell, tyrone, ulster, war, wickloe, wicklow, william russell
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Revolutionary Remembrance: The Third Home Rule Bill
The centenary of the introduction of the Government of Ireland Act, better known in Irish history as the Third Home Rule Bill, has passed without a great deal of notice in the Irish community, even though it essentially marks the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Politics, Revolutionary Remembrance, War
Tagged 1910, 1912, asquith, commons, home rule, house lords, house of lords, ireland, irish parliamentary party, liberal, libersls, politics, redmond, revolutionary remembrance, sinn fein, ulster, unionists, war
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