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- The Mutiny (some historians prefer the word "incident") occurred on March 20th 1914 when some 60 British Army officers based in the Curragh said they would resign their commissions if ordered to Ulster to suppress unionist opposition to home rule in the shape of the Ulster Volunteer Force, an armed militia.
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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 3, 2014 · A proto-mutiny took place in Ireland on March 20th, 1914. In the early years of the 20th century Ireland seemed to be moving towards civil war. Nationalists in the mainly Roman Catholic areas of most of the country were demanding more independence from Great Britain, while Protestants in the north, in Ulster, threatened violent resistance if ...
Mar 15, 2014 · Drama, intrigue and urgency surrounded the events at the British army camp on the Curragh, in Co Kildare, 100 years ago this month. The events have gone down in history as the Curragh Mutiny...
Their views were graphically exposed during the ‘Curragh Mutiny’ in 1914. This army barracks located just east of Kildare town, had become Britain’s premier military base in Ireland.
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.
The Curragh Incident, which occurred on March 20th, 1914, is unique in modern British history. It is the only occasion since the seventeenth century in which the British tradition of military neutrality in political matters has been broken.
However, the threat of mutiny at the Curragh in 1914 did not involve privates and NCOs, it involved a Brigadier General and his immediate subordinates. This is the key distinction.
