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
