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    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21

The First Dáil
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Houses of the oireachtas - Dáil100
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                  lesson Plan - dáil 100 document study

HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS - documentary: DáIL DAY ONE


​THE IRISH STORY -
Today in Irish History – The First Dáil meets and the Soloheadbeg Ambush – 21 January 1919


Scoilnet - The First Dáil - Presentation

Doc on one - the first daíl
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history ireland - the first dail eireann
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century ireland - Farce, humiliation, insanity - What the papers say about the First Dáil


Documents on irish foreign policy (DIFP) - Message to the Free Nations of the World


​David mccullagh, rté - How the first Dáil meeting was a crucial step in Ireland's struggle for independence


introduction

history ireland - SOLOHEADBEG: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
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the irish times - Fintan O’Toole: The first murky, inglorious shots of the War of Independence


Overview
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john d ruddy - ​Irish War of Independence in 12 Minutes


​trinity college dublin -
'Ireland in Rebellion: 1782-1916' lecture series

war of independence
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​the irish story - the irish war of independence - a brief overview


the kilmichael ambush
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century ireland - EXPlainer: the kilmichael ambush


Bloody Sunday
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john d. ruddy - Bloody Sunday 1920 in 5 Minutes


​bloody sunday 1920 (scene from the movie 'michael collins')


THE SACK OF BALBRIGGAN
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the irish times - ​The Sack of Balbriggan: The burning of a town that shocked the world 100 years ago
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thejournal.ie - 'An act of collective punishment': Commemorations to mark the centenary of the Sack of Balbriggan


THE BURNING OF CORK
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THE IRISH STORY - THE BURNING OF CORK: DECEMBER 11-12, 1920
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rte.ie/history - War of Independence in colour: Cork's department store Cash's lies in ruins after the Burning of Cork
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Irishtown productions - The Burning of Cork


terence macswiney
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dib - terence macswiney


investigate a repository of historical evidence
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national library of ireland - exhibition: from turmoil to truce

hinterland - hindsight 'virtual' festival

ifi - the irish independence film collection
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digital repository of ireland - records of dáil éireann (1919-21)


more resources

Lego animation about the Irish Declaration of Independence 1919 by Sunday's Well BNS and Ballyvongane NS, Cork


rté news - Who were the RIC, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries?
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century ireland - explainer: Who were the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries?


​the irish story -

​The War of Independence in Kerry


Today in Irish History – The Upton Ambush, February 15 1921
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The Black and Tans and Auxiliaries – An Overview

sergeant john duffy

                 irish central - Sergeant John Duffy: An unlikely comrade during                     the Irish War of Independence

                 bureau of military archives - statement by john duffy

rté brainstorm - Come out ye Black and Tans: who were the Black and Tans?

​BBC News - How a fruit cake helped Eamon de Valera escape Lincoln Prison


​THE IRISH TIMES -
CENTURY 1919: WAR AND PEACE

Picture


​Diarmaid Ferriter - It’s still hard to rise above the emotion of the War of Independence
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liz gillis - Bloody Sunday, 1920: ‘By their destruction the air is made sweeter’
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doc on one - 'i am to be shot'


exam hub

past exam questions / sample answers

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • EXAM HUB
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
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