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Ireland "Conflict in Ireland" s. 24-31

  • Mobilisation of paramilitary groups

    unionists - Ulster volunteers
    nationalists - irish volunteers(-> IRA)
  • Period: to

    The Irish Revolution

  • Period: to

    WW1

  • The easter rising

    Group of Fenians
    Seized the GPO - declared an independent Irish Republic
    some of the leaders were executed
  • The triumph of Sinn Fein - General Election

  • Period: to

    Irish war of Independence

  • Period: to

    Street fighting in Belfast

    between Catholic Nationalists and Protestant Unionists.
  • The Partition Treaty

  • Period: to

    Brutal civil war in the South

    Between the supporters and non-supporters of the Treaty
  • Eamon de Valera becomes leader