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CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES

CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES. 12: Debating the Treaty. Debating the Treaty. 1916: 3-12 May: Leaders of the Rising executed - 3 Aug.: Casement executed 1916: 22-3 Dec.: first Internees returned to Ireland 1917: Feb.: Roscommon by-election – Count Plunkett returned for Sinn F é in

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CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES

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  1. CONTESTINGHISTORYOPPOSINGVOICES 12: Debating the Treaty

  2. Debating the Treaty • 1916: 3-12 May: Leaders of the Rising executed - 3 Aug.: Casement executed • 1916: 22-3 Dec.: first Internees returned to Ireland • 1917: Feb.: Roscommon by-election – Count Plunkett returned for Sinn Féin • 1917: May: Longford South by-election – Joseph McGuinness returned for SF • 1917: July: Clare East – Éamon de Valera returned for SF • 1917: Oct.: SF Ard Fheis – de Valera elected president – and also president of the Volunteers • 1918: April: The Military Services Act raised the possibility of conscription in Ireland • 1918: April: Mansion House Conference of nationalist protestors • 1918: April: Anti-conscription pledge signed by nationalists • 1918: May: Arrest of SF leadership

  3. Debating the Treaty • 1918: Nov.: Armistice • 1918: Nov.: Election: SF – 73 seats; Nationalist - 6; Unionist – 26 • 1919: Jan.: Soloheadbeg ambush, Co. Tipperary and first meeting of Dáil Eireann on same day – the beginning of the War of Independence • 1919: June: Local Government (Ireland) Act • 1919: June: Dáil Eireann founds first ‘arbitration courts’ • 1919: July: SF and IRA proscribed • 1919: Sept.: Dáil Eireann proscribed • 1920: Jan.: SF victorious in local elections • 1920: Feb.: first Black and Tans recruited for Ireland - Government of Ireland bill entered the Commons • 1920: March: Ulster Unionist Council accepted the Government of Ireland bill • 1920: July: Auxiliary police division established • 1920: Nov.: ‘Bloody Sunday’ and the Kilmichael ambush

  4. Debating the Treaty • 1920: Dec.: Auxiliaries burnt parts of Cork • 1920: Dec.: Government of Ireland measure enacted • 1921: May: Opening of Northern Ireland parliament • 1921: July: Truce proclaimed in Ireland • 1921: Aug.: Second Dáil formed • 1921: Oct.: Negotiations launched between representatives of the British government and the Dáil • 1921: 6 Dec.: Anglo-Irish Treaty signed • 1921: 14 Dec.: Debate began in the Dáil on the Treaty • 1922: Jan.: Dáil accepted Treaty – de Valera resigned - Griffith elected president in his place – power handed over by Castle Administration • 1922: March: Anti-Treaty IRA repudiated the authority of the Dáil • 1922: April: Republican forces occupied the Four Courts • 1922: June: electorate endorsed the Treaty in a General election • 1922: June: Free State forces attacked Irregulars in the Four Courts

  5. Debating the Treaty • Further Reading: • Augusteijn, Joost (ed.), The Irish Revolution, 1913-23 (2002). • Fitzpatrick, David (ed.), Revolution? Ireland 1917-1921 (1990). • Laffan, Michael, The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916-1923 (1999). • O’Halpin, Eunan, The Decline of the Union (1987).

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