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This 5 page paper looks at the events that led to the ‘Irish War of Independence’ which took place between 1919 and 1921, also known as the Black and Tan War. The paper adopts a pro Irish perspective and looks at how and why the Irish were in the right, showing how the events may be seen to condemn British actions before and during the guerrilla war. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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as the Anglo Irish War, or more colloquially the Black and Tan War. It was the war that led to the Irish Anglo Treaty which saw the British leave most
of Ireland. The conflict was waged by the IRA1 as a guerrilla war with the aim of gaining independence for Ireland which
had effectively been under British rule since the Act of Union 1800. Irish resistance to British rule had been long established with several violent outbreaks attempting to gain the basic
right of self rule and escape the brutality that had been imposed on the Irish people by those who wished to retain power.
The harsh treatment of the Irish can be seen in the Easter Rising, while not a part of the war this was a precursor and helps to explain how
and why the Irish wanted to rid themselves of the British tyranny. The Easter Rising was a plan for revolt, which failed and resulted in more than 400 deaths (Hopkinson,
2004). The rising took place in Dublin and was quelled in only one week. The factor which galvanised support for the freedom fighters was the response of the British government,
which included the execution of the insurrection leaders and thousands of arrests including Michael Collins (Dwyer, 2005). The actions included implementing martial law the murder of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (Hopkinson, 2004).
When there was an attempt to introduce compulsory conscription to support the British forces in the First World War there was increased alienation of the Irish people (Hopkinson, 2004).
The general election that took place in 1918 was a clear demonstration to the British government of the desire of the Irish
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