War of Independence
Clare County Library History Week
Negotiations: New Perspectives and Appraisals of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921-2021
Negotiating the Negotiations: New Perspectives and Appraisals of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921-2021 University College Cork School of History. Registration *here* October 2021 marks the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Conference held in London which lasted from 11 October to 6 December 1921. The negotiations produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which created the Irish Free State following its approval…
Read MoreSeán Russell and the IRA
Seán Russell and the IRA Worthy successor of Tone and Casement? For over half a century, the statue of IRA Chief-of-Staff Seán Russell in Fairview Park has been both a flashpoint of controversy and site of devoted Irish republican pilgrimage. But who was this key IRA figure of the early 20th century – and what…
Read MoreThe Battle of Crossbarry, March 19th 1921
The War of Independence and Civil War had profound impacts on Irish people, both individually and collectively, not least in the county of Cork. It is estimated that over 700 people lost their lives in the county owing to this tumultuous period (1920 to 1923) and one hundred years later, groups throughout the county are undertaking…
Read MoreWho were the dead of the Irish Revolution?
The Revolutionary Pat Keating of Comeragh
New Booklet on IRA Leader Pat Keating Launches on Friday 30th July March 2021 marked the 100-year anniversary of the death of local IRA leader Pat Keating during the War of Independence. Fatally wounded in the Burgery Ambush, Keating’s death at only 25 years of age was a blow to the local IRA movementhe had…
Read MoreCustom House Talks: Dan Head
Dan Head – the boy in the picture. On May 25th, 1921, the last major action by the IRA in the War of Independence took place when almost 300 men and many women took part in an attack on Dublin’s Custom House, the financial heart of British rule in Ireland, intent on burning all documentation…
Read MoreDonegal Centenary Lectures 2021
‘The truce of 11 July 1921: A natural end to the War of Independence or sowing the seeds of Civil War?’
“The truce of 11 July 1921: A natural end to the War of Independence or sowing the seeds of Civil War?” Available on Galway Beo Facebook page and Galway Beo YouTube Channel Sunday 11 July 2021 at 1pm This lecture explores the events surrounding the truce of 11 July 1922 that brought an end to…
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