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Events from the year 1920 in Ireland. Events. 2 January – Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers of the 1st Cork Brigade (commanded by Mick Leahy) ...
1920: Government of Ireland Act 1920 establishes Partition of Ireland into two home rule jurisdictions: unionist-dominated Northern Ireland and the stillborn Southern Ireland; 1920-1922: The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) saw "savage and unprecedented" communal violence between Protestants and Catholics in newly formed Northern Ireland. [16]
Pages in category "1920s in Ireland" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse), [2] also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special ...
The Troubles of the 1920s was a period of conflict in what is now Northern Ireland from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the partition of Ireland. It was mainly a communal conflict between Protestant unionists , who wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom , and Catholic Irish nationalists , who ...
23 December 1920: The British Government of Ireland Act 1920 received royal assent. It was to come into force in May 1921 and partition Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, each with its own parliament. A civilian was shot dead by Auxiliaries near Tralee, County Kerry, allegedly while trying to escape their custody. [230]
The Partition of Ireland (Irish: críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Pages in category "1920 in Ireland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...