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Jun 18, 2024 · The Irish War of Independence ( Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) [4] or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxilia...
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May 31, 2024 · What was the role of British Army First World War veterans in the Irish Revolution? Emmanuel Destenay sets out to examine this question in a stimulating new book.
Oprah Winfrey recalls feeling ‘too fat’ to attend star-studded Christmas party
Oprah Winfrey has recalled refusing to attend a Christmas party hosted by Miami Vice actor Don Johnson because “I thought I was too fat to go”. The US star spoke about her ...
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The revival of Cornwall's native language and why more people are learning Kernewek
“People are more in touch with their cultural heritage and Cornish feeds into that and the feeling of being Cornish,” Dr Broadhurst explained. “But many people learning Cornish ...
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Jun 1, 2024 · James Connolly was a Marxist union leader and revolutionary who was a leading participant in the Easter Rising (April 24–29, 1916) in Dublin against British rule. In 1896, soon after his arrival in Dublin, Connolly helped found the Irish Socialist Republican Party. From 1903 to 1910 he lived in New.
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Jun 19, 2024 · The 20th century saw the triumph of the nation-state. It is hard to imagine it ever having passed by without Ireland, which Britain never succeeded in assimilating, joining the ranks of sovereign nations. But the manner in which she won self-determination was not preordained.
Jun 19, 2024 · Michael Collins is widely remembered today for the significant role he played during the Irish War of Independence. His abilities then as director of intelligence, president of the IRB and Minister of Finance to name but a few have all been documented in the extraordinary amount of books and articles that have been written about him since his ...
1 day ago · Ireland - History, Culture, Politics: The Irish Free State, established under the terms of the treaty with the same constitutional status as Canada and the other dominions in the British Commonwealth, came into existence on December 6, 1922.
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Jun 17, 2024 · The Irish rebellion of 1798 and, more particularly, the act of Union two years later, were significant events in British as well as Irish history and yet their bi-centenaries passed almost without notice in mainland Britain.
