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Truce and Treaty: How the IRA stepped up its campaign against crown forces in 1921


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
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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 i ....

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Timeline of '21: Ireland faces tricky commemorative year as violence leads to Treaty


Timeline of 21: Ireland faces tricky commemorative year as violence leads to Treaty
What are the main commemorative dates to keep an eye on this year?
By Rónán Duffy
Friday 1 Jan 2021, 8:00 AM
Jan 1st 2021, 8:00 AM
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The President of the GAA lays a wreath in Croke Park to commemorate Bloody Sunday.
Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO
IRELAND’S DECADE OF commemorations continues this year as the country remembers 1921, the final year of fighting in the War of Independence. 
The year of 1920 saw some of the most intense fighting and violence throughout the period. Much of what was planned to be commemorated last year was forced to be cancelled due to Covid-19 but some incidents were remembered.  ....

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