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Truce and Treaty: How the IRA stepped up its campaign against crown forces in 1921 100 years later: The Irish Times recalls a critical year in modern Irish history about 6 hours ago Updated: about 3 hours ago Lorcan Collins Prisioners under guard after the Custom House battle in May 1921. Photograph: Independent News And Media/Getty Images   In early 1921 Liberal British prime minister Lloyd George, heading a coalition government, was coming under both military and Conservative pressure to destroy the IRA. Following military advice, in January 1921 additional counties of Ireland were subjected to martial law. Kilkenny and Wexford were included in Leinster. The inclusion of Waterford and Clare ensured that the whole of Munster was now under British army rule. The IRA fought back, but at the end of January the Dripsey ambush in Cork was a disaster fo

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