The War of Independence

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Major events of the war

The Irish

The British

The Treaty

Other Resources

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Major events of the war
Soloheadbeg, 1919	An Phoblacht
The rescue at Knocklong, 1919	Wikipedia
Irish mobs fight police in Derry, April 1920	New York Times
Bloody Sunday, 1920	Wikipedia
Bloody Sunday, 1920	An Phoblacht
British denial of the Croke Park massacre	Irish History Links
Kilmichael Ambush, 1920	Wikipedia
The Kilmichael Ambush Controversy	Irish Democrat
The Kilmichael Ambush site	The Wild Geese
'War of words' over battle	BBC
The Burning of Cork, 1920	Irish Democrat
The Burning of Cork, 1920	Cork City Council
The Burning of 'Rebel' Cork	Irish32 at Freewebs
Confronting the Legacy of the Troubles in Rebel Cork	Irish Independent
Terror and Reprisal	BBC
The Custom House (burnt down 1921)	Wikipedia
Sinn Feiners burn down  Dublin Custom House, 1921	New York Times
The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork 1921-22	The Irish War
Selton Hill, 1921	Selton Hill

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The Irish
The IRA in the War of Independence	Wikipedia
The IRA in Clare and South Galway	War of Independence
Chronology of Michael Collins	Cork University
Michael Collins: 1880 - 1922	BBC
Michael Collins	Cork University Multitext
Michael Collins	SBarrett at Cruzio
Michael Collins	Wikipedia
Michael Collins	Military History Online
Michael Collins	Michael Collins Centre
Michael Collins: The Lost Leader	Carlo O'Brien
The Big Fellow	New York Times
Dan  Breen	Wikipedia
Daniel Breen: 'Wanted for murder'	Wikipedia
Tom Barry	Wikipedia
The Story of an Irish Guerrilla Commander: Tom Barry	Green Left
Seán Treacy	Wikipedia
Tomás MacCurtain, Mayor of Cork	Wikipedia
Mac Curtain family memoir	Irish  Democrat
Terence MacSwiney: Irish Martyr	The Wild Geese
Terence MacSwiney	Wikipedia
The Death of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney	Cork City Council
Terence MacSwiney: famous fasts in history	Trivia Library
De Valera in America, 1920	New York Times
De Valera visits Florida	Ua Tuathal at Tripod
The Forgotten Ten	The Wild Geese
Arthur Griffith	Cork University Multitext
Joe O'Sullivan and Reggie Dunne	Graham Stevenson

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The British
The chilling story of the Black and Tans	Independent
The Black and Tans	BBC
The Black and Tans	Wikipedia
The truth about the Black and Tans	Martin Frost
What about making Black and Tans: the movie?	The Guardian
Tomás MacCurtain murdered by the Black and Tans	Irish Struggle
War of Independence: British response	Wikipedia
The Cairo Gang	Wikipedia
The B-Specials	Orangenet
British propaganda in Ireland 1920	Irish Democrat
British propaganda in Ireland revealed	Spinwatch
British propaganda in Ireland and its significance today	Spinwatch
Propaganda in Ireland in 1920/1921 - the origin of 'fake news'	Indymedia
David Lloyd George: Post-War Prime Minister	Wikipedia
Official and unofficial reprisals	War of Independence
British IRA Volunteers 1921	The Irish War

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The Treaty
The Truce (11th July 1921)	General Michael Collins
Stretch out the hand of forebearance	BBC
Lloyd George acts for Irish peace	Washington Post
The Treaty Negotiations, Oct - Dec 1921: What type of settlement	Cork Multitext
The Treaty Negotiations, Oct - Dec 1921: The Ulster problem	Cork Multitext
The Anglo-Irish Treaty (6th December 1921)	CAIN
Anglo-Irish Treaty, 6th December 1921	National Archives
The Anglo-Irish Treaty	heathcliffiam at geocities
The Anglo-Irish Treaty: seed of the Troubles	The Wild Geese
Irish Boundary Commission	Wikipedia
Oath of Allegiance	Wikipedia
The Treaty Ratified	General Michael Collins

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Other Resources
The Irish War of Independence: an Overview	BBC
The Irish War of Independence 1919 - 1921	suite101
The Irish War of Independence	The Irish War
The Irish War of Independence and the IRA, 1916 - 1921	Three Monkeys
Conflicts in Ireland: The Irish War of Independence	Tipperary Group
The Anglo-Irish War	General Michael Collins
The Colonial Venture in Ireland	Future of Freedom Foundation
Constitution of Dáil Éireann: 1st April 1919	Irish Foreign Policy Documents
The Government of Ireland Act, 1920	Wikipedia
The Government of Ireland Act, 1920	CAIN
Politics and Irish Life, 1913 - 1921 (on-line book)	Google Books
1919 in Ireland	Wikipedia
Timeline of August 1920	Dublin City University
Timeline of November 1920	Dublin City University
The RIC during the Anglo-Irish War	Wikipedia
Northern Ireland General Election, May 1921	Wikipedia
Northern Ireland (Stormont) Elections, 1921 - 69	CAIN
John Bull's other island: the road to partition	Troops Out Movement
War of Independence and Civil War	Clare Library
The Irish War of Independence	Waterford Museum
The Origins of the Defence Forces	Irish Military
The UVF at Partition	Wikipedia
The Irishman who saved Hitler	Irish Independent
Timeline of the Irish War of Independence	Wikipedia
Athenry and the Irish War of Independence	Athenry Local History
Famous Irish War of Independence Photo is a Fake	Irish Central
Nationalism and the War of Independence	British National Archives
The Irish War of Independence: A Religious War?	The Irish Story
War of Independence	Triskelle
War of Independence Medals	Irish War of Independence
War of Independence Medals	Irish Medals
1916, War of Independence and Civil War: A workers' guide to Ireland	Workers Liberty
Irish War of Independence	enotes
The press and the Irish War of Independence (book review)	Ian Kenneally
Cork historian challenges revisionist Peter Hart on Irish War of Independence	Indymedia

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