Battle of the Boyne, Battle of Clontarf, Irish War of Independence, Second Desmond Rebellion, List of Irish battles, Irish Free State offensive, Battle of Glenmama, Battle of the Diamond, Battle of Dubli
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List of Irish battles, Irish Free State offensive, Battle of
Glenmama, Battle of the Diamond, Battle of Dublin, Battle of
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history of Ireland, Battle of Confey, Battle of Cathair Cuan,
Battle of Knockdoe, Battle of Rathmines, Battle of Affane, Battle
of Benburb, Battle of Ballyshannon, Battle of Dysert O'Dea,
Battle of Clontibret, Prehistoric Irish battles, Battle of the
Curragh, Battle of Skerries, Battle of Glenmalure, Sack of
Baltimore, Battle of Sulcoit, First Battle of Athenry, Battle of
Farsetmore, Battle of Belach Lechta, Battle of Ballinalee, Battle
of Belahoe, Battle of Ardnocher, Battle for the Body of St.
Patrick, Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele, Battle of Connor,
Battle of Glenmaquin, Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin, Sack of Athenry,
Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha, Battle of Móin Mhór, Battle of
Tragh-Bhaile, Battle of Cluain Immorrais. Excerpt: The Irish War of
Independence (Irish: ,) Anglo-Irish War, or Tan War was a guerrilla
war mounted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against the British
government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919,
following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence.
Both sides agreed to a ceasefire (or "truce") in July
1921. The post-ceasefire talks led to the December 1921 Anglo-Irish
Treaty. This treaty ended British rule in most of Ireland and,
after a ten-month transitional period overseen by a provisional
government, the Irish Free State was established. However, six
northern counties remained within the United Kingdom as Northern
Ireland, with its own devolved parliament. After the ceasefire,
political and sectarian violence (between republicans and
loyalists, and between Irish Catholics and Protestants) continued
in Northern Ireland for many months. The IRA that fought in this
conflict is often called the Old IRA to distinguish it from later
groups that also used the name. Since the 1880s, Irish nationalists
in the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) had been demanding Home
Rule, or self-government, from Britain. Fringe organisations, such
as Arthur Griffith's Sinn Féin instead argued for some form of
Irish independence, but they were in a small minority at this time.
The demand for Home Rule was eventually granted by the British
Government in 1912, immediately prompting a prolonged crisis within
the United Kingdom as Ulster Unionists formed an armed organisation
the Ulster Volunteers -- to resist this measure of devolution. In
turn, Nationalists formed their own military organisation, the
Irish Volunteers. The British Parliament passed the Third Home Rule
Act with an amending Bill for the partition of Ireland introduced
by Ulster Unionists, but the Act's implementation was postponed
by the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. The majority
of Nationalists followed their IPP leaders and John Redmond's
call to support Britain and the Allied war
