1916-1923 Flashcards
Guerrilla Warfare
A tactic involving ambushes and hit-and-run methods against enemies
The Squad
A group of hit-men trained by Michael Collins to take reprisals against British spies in Ireland
Black and Tans
Ex-British Soldiers who committed ruthless acts against the Irish people, they used tactics like guerrilla warfare
Bloody Sunday 1920
Collins’ Squad killed 13 British intelligence agents; Auxiliaries responded with open firing onto the crowd, killing 12 people including one footballer, Michael Hogan
Anglo-Irish Treaty
A treaty signed by the Irish and British, bringing an end to the War of Independence in December 1921
Irish Civil War (1922-1923)
struggle between Pro and Anti-treaty people
How did the Irish Civil War start?
When many IRA members were unhappy with the treaty because they wanted Ireland to be a republic and wanted to have cut all ties with Britain
Irish Free State
Ireland was a dominion of the British Empire
Pro-Treaty
Headed by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins; supported the treaty in order to stop further violence
Anti-Treaty
Headed by Éamon de Valera and Cathal Brugha; voted against the treaty; wanted a full republic
Regulars
Pro-Treaty IRA members; known as the Irish Free State Army
Irregulars
Anti treaty IRA members
The 1916 Easter Rising
A failed attempt by the Irish volunteers to take control of Dublin and push the British out of Ireland.
The Dáil
A self-proclaimed Irish government of Sinn Féin TD’s that refused to take their seats in Westminster
Government of Ireland Act
A law that partitioned Ireland into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin
Founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905. He wanted more independence for Ireland than just Home Rule. He wanted to do this through peaceful means
RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary)
The British police in Ireland
IRA (Irish Republican Army)
Formally knows a the Irish Volunteers that fought for independence in the War of Independence
The Auxillaries
Ex-Army officers sent to Ireland to fight in the War of Independence
Ceasefire
the stopping of fighting on both sides of a war
The GPO
General post office on O’Connell Street, The headquarters of the 1916 Rising in Dublin
When did the War of Independence begin?
21st January 1919 in Co. Tipperary
When did the War of Independence end?
11 July 1921
Members of the Irish delegation
Micheal Collins, Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton, Eamonn Duggan and George Cavan Duffy
The British Delegation
David Lloyd George(PM), Winston Churchill, Austin Chamberlain and Lord Birkenhead
