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The Easter Rising
Revolutionary Nationalists take over the General Post Office in Dublin. They proclaimed Ireland an independent republic. But they were imprisoned and executed by the british army. Before WW1 the irish were promised home rule but it was delayed because of the war. They believed that the war would end quickly. -
General Election and the triumph of Sinn Fein
The Sinn Fein and the Revolutionary Nationalists won the election except in Ulster. For 100 years the irish catholic voters had supported the Parliamentary Nationalists but this changed during the WW1 and the majority of irish catholic voters voted for the Revolutionary Nationalists. -
The beginning of the War of Independence
After the general election in 1918 and the victory of Sinn fein the Ulster protestans felt threatened by the catholics rising to power. They feared the catholic idea of a completely independant Ireland. The British sent several troops to Ireland to support the Ulster Unionist. This led to a two year long guerrilla war between the british army and the IRA. -
Ulster gains their own parliament and government
The six most Protestant counties were given their own parliament called Stormont. It is was called this because the parliament met in the district of Stormont in Belfast. The parliament had power over most aspects of life but the were still a part of the United Kingdom. -
Bloody Sunday
Nov 21 1920 was a day of violence in Dublin. It took place during the Irish War of Independence. The IRA organised the operation to assasinate the Cairo Gang, who were a team of undercover agents working for the British Government. 31 people were killed of them were 14 members of the Cairo Gang, 14 were Irish civilians and three were republican prisoners (IRA). The fourteen Irish civilians were killed by Black and Tans of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during a Gaelic football match. -
The end of the War of Independence
Britain seperated Ulster from the south of Ireland. Neither the unionists nor the nationalists got what they wanted. Both parts thought of this as a temporary solution. -
The Anglo-Irish Treaty and The Irish Free State
The Irish Republican Nationalist, the IRA and Sinn Fein went to London to sign a treaty. The 26 counties of southern Ireland became the Irish Free State.
The treaty split the country in two, where the majority of people in the north were protestant unionists. The south mainly consisted of ctholic nationalists.
