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The Curragh incident of 20 March 1914, sometimes known as the Curragh mutiny, occurred in the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. The Curragh Camp was then the main base for the British Army in Ireland, which at the time still formed part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mar 12, 2009 · On 2 December 1958, there was a mass escape attempt when 26 prisoners rushed the fence with wire-cutters in broad daylight. Shots were fired and ammonia grenades hurled by the guards but 16 men got outside the perimeter. Two were recaptured and the remaining 14 made good their escape.
Mar 3, 2014 · The Curragh Incident is often called a mutiny or a proto-mutiny, as the dissenting officers had clearly stated that they would disobey orders, though they had not actually disobeyed any because no orders had been issued. The episode heartened the Ulster Unionists while reinforcing nationalist doubts of Westminster’s appetite for Irish self-rule.
The events which culminated in the Curragh “Mutiny” of March 1914 had their beginnings at the end of the 18th century when by the Act of Union the islands of Great Britain and Ireland were joined admnistratively. Henceforth one Parliament would serve both countries.
Abstract. This article explores the connection between the army, the press and the Unionist party during the so-called ‘Curragh incident’ of March 1914 in which certain army officers expressed their unwillingness to impose Home Rule on Ireland.
A crisis was provoked when a number of British Army officers resolved to he dismissed rather than obey the Government's orders. The Curragh Incident, which occurred on March 20th, 1914, is unique in modern British history.
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Apr 27, 2014 · The frustration of Home Rule was not the inspiration for the Easter Rising of 1916 – the IRB and other separatists had longed dreamed of an insurrection against British rule anyway – but the Curragh mutiny and the apparent impunity with which unionist defied the law in 1912-1914 helps explain how in the aftermath of the Rising the ...
