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A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
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1st Dáil
First meeting of the revolutionary Irish Republic parliament (1919-21)
The First Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919 to 1921. It was the first meeting of the unicameral parliament of the revolutionary Irish Republic. In the December 1918 election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Irish republican party Sinn Féin won a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Irish Declaration of Independence
1919 document which declared the Irish Republic's independence from the United Kingdom
The Declaration of Independence was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919. It followed from the Sinn Féin election manifesto of December 1918. Texts of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Irish Republic
Irish state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom (1916, 1919–1922)
The Irish Republic was a revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1919. The Republic claimed jurisdiction over the whole island of Ireland, but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Soloheadbeg ambush
1919 IRA attack on Irish police
The Soloheadbeg ambush took place on 21 January 1919, when members of the Irish Volunteers ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers who were escorting a consignment of gelignite explosives at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. Two RIC officers were killed and their weapons…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Irish War of Independence
1919–1921 war between Irish and British forces
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)