(Palgrave, €25) ISBN 0333982266 The Irish War of Independence has provoked a massive amount of interest; IRA guerrilla warfare and Black and Tan reprisals have rivalled the issue of the British government’s culpability for the Great Famine as the most emotive subject in modern Irish history. 1, Bigotry by the British government against the Roman Catholic church which most of the Irish followed, including the payment of tithes to the Anglican Church. The forces of the "Provisional Government" supported the Treaty, while the Republican … Michael Collins, the Irish Nationalist. For over two years, what is termed as either the “Anglo-Irish War” or the “Irish War of Independence” raged in diverse ways in the different parts of the island, as the British government sought to wrest control from the Irish separatists. If the Irish did not meet the British with violence there was no chance that the Irish would ever gain independence. Politics: Independent Ireland since 1922. Michael Hopkinson (Gill & Macmillan, €30) ISBN 071713010X The Irish Revolution, 1913–1923 Joost Augusteijn (ed.) This was a war that the IRA had to win in order for the Irish free state to be created. Irish actions during the war. ...The Irish War of Independence and its Legacy The Irish War of Independence is by no means a cut and dry issue. The Irish Civil War followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire. 3 Dáil Éireann and Sinn … The fight did not end with the Easter Rising. During the Anglo-Irish War (Irish War of Independence, 1919–21) the IRA, under the leadership of Michael Collins, employed guerrilla tactics—including ambushes, raids, and sabotage—to force the British government to negotiate. The legacy of this War, which began in 1919 and ended 1921 and its consequences are not confined to this specific time period.It resulted in an immediate Civil War between Irish pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty forces, which lasted for one violent and bloody year post independence. The conflict was waged between two opposing groups of Irish nationalists over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The violence in Ireland was The War of Independence had begun. It’s a long sad story. In December of 1921, the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the Irish and British governments concluded the Irish war for independence. The Irish War of Independence occurred between 1919 – 1921. The Irish War of Independence Published in 20th-century / Contemporary History, Book Reviews, Issue 1 (Spring 2003), Reviews, Volume 11. In Irish Republican Army. The IRA with its new leader, Michael Collins led the fight to the creation of the Irish free state. 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