anglo-irish war, 1919-21

INTRODUCTION.  Eamon de Valera (1882-1975), "the Long Fellow"; president of Sinn Féin (Oct. 1917); president of the First Dáil Éireann (1 April 1919).  Sinéad de Valera (née Flanagan, 1878-1975).  Michael Collins (1890-1922), "the Big Fellow".

I.  PREPARING FOR REVOLUTION. 

A.  POLITICS: THE SHIFT TO SINN FÉIN.  Roscommon by-election in 1917 (Count Plunkett).  East Clare election (de Valera). 

B.  MILITARY: THE VOLUNTEERS.   Thomas Ashe (1885-1917) of Kinard, Co. Kerry, President of the Supreme Council of the I.R.B.; Mountjoy Prison.  "Nothing additional remains to be said.  That volley which we have just heard is the only speech which it is proper to make over the grave of a dead Fenian" (Michael Collins).

II.  THE MORAL COLLAPSE OF BRITISH POWER.  1918 General Elections; Prime Minister--"he did not seem to care which way he traveled providing he was in the driver's seat" (Lord Beaverbrooke).  Dr. Patrick O'Donnell (1856-1927), (R.C.) Bishop of Raphoe (Donegal), archbishop of Armagh (1924-27).  Field Marshal John Denton Lord French (1852-1925), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1918-1921).

III.  THE ANGLO-IRISH WAR.  Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary (26 Jan. 1919).  PHASES:  1)  attacks on police (Jan. 1919 to Mar. 1920); 2) breakdown of law and order (Mar.-Oct. 1920); 3) flying columns vs. Black-and-Tans (Oct. 1920-April 1921).  Black-and-Tans; Auxiliaries.

IV.  INCIDENTS.

A.  BLOODY SUNDAY (21 Nov. 1921).  Croke Park. 

B.  MRS. LINDSAY.  Kevin Barry (1902-1921).  Mrs. Lindsay of Coachford, Co. Cork.  (Robert) Erskine Childers (1870-1922).

CONCLUSION.  General Sir Nevil Macready (1862-1945), commander-in-chief in Ireland.  Tom Barry (1897-1980), commander, West Cork Brigade, I.R.A.  Essex and Hampshire Regiments.  Tomás MacCurtain (d. 1920), Lord Mayor of Cork.  Col. Smyth, R.I.C. Police Commander for Munster.  Hamar Greenwood (1870-1942), Chief Secretary for Ireland; Balbriggan.  Brigadier-General Hubert Gough.  Dr. Harty, (R.C.) Archbishop of Cashel:  "the murder of a nation."