TIMELINE
Use the timelines to find out more about events between 1912 and 1922
A poster of an illustrated timeline of the Civil War in Co. Kildare has been produced as part of Kildare County Council’s Decade of Commemorations programme to mark the 100th anniversary of its outbreak in June 1922. It details the main events that took place throughout the county during the period. Frank Aiken, August 1922…
Read More21 January: First meeting of Dáil Éireann in Dublin’s Mansion House declares Ireland independent. From the Houses of the Oireachtas: Dáil100. 21 January: Soloheadbeg ambush in Co. Tipperary. Two members of RIC are killed in an attack by members of the IRA under Dan Breen and Sean Treacy; this is generally regarded as the first engagement of…
Read More8 Jan: US President Woodrow Wilson announces his so-called ‘fourteen points’, outlining the proposed contours of a post-war international order, in an address to the US Congress. From the International encyclopaedia of the First World War: The fourteen points. 2 Feb: South Armagh by-election won by Patrick Donnelly for the Irish Parliamentary Party, defeating…
Read More3 Feb: North Roscommon by-election won by George Plunkett, father of the executed Joseph Mary Plunkett, on a separatist ticket. From Century Ireland: Count Plunkett victorious in North Roscommon by-election. 7 March: Prime Minister Lloyd George give speech in House of Commons accepting the validity of unionist position, thereby prompting John Redmond and nationalist MPs…
Read MoreJan: Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) decide to embark upon an insurrection as soon as possible. 10 Jan: Evacuation of allied forces from Gallipoli completed. From Century Ireland: Gallipoli evacuation complete 19-22 Jan: James Connolly co-opted onto IRB Military Council in Dublin. From UCD Decade of Centenaries: read the Dictionary of Irish Biography entry on…
Read More5 January: W.T. Cosgrave returned unopposed as Sinn Féin member of Dublin Corporation. 24 January: Naval battle of Dogger Bank. 18 February: Beginning of German naval blockade of Britain and Ireland. From Century Ireland: Germany declares Irish sea to be a ‘war zone’. 2 March: Suppression of Arthur Griffith’s newspaper Scissors and paste. From…
Read More1914: 18 January: ITGWU, in closed session, recommends that members return to work if they are not obliged to take pledge repudiating membership. From History Ireland: The aftermath of the Dublin Lockout. 20 March: ‘Curragh Incident’: 57 of 70 officers of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, along with their commanding officer, Gen. Hubert Gough,…
Read More1913: 16 January: Third reading of the Home Rule bill passes the House of Commons by 367 votes to 257. 30 January: The Home Rule bill is defeated in the House of Lords by 326 votes to 69. 31 January: The Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) officially establishes a paramilitary body, the Ulster…
Read More1912: 11 April: Introduction of a third Home Rule bill in House of Commons by Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. Click here to listen to the History Ireland Hedge School: ‘Home Rule: lost opportunity or sell-out?’ Or watch the recording here. From Century Ireland: What was Home Rule? 14–15 April: White Star liner Titanic,…
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