Century: War of Independence

Greatly outnumbered by the crown forces when it came to firepower, the IRA was forced to capture, steal and smuggle weapons

The GAA struggled for decades with the killings in Croke Park. Victims were forgotten

From 1920 to 1923, the ‘old IRA’ was responsible for 100 disappearances, 64 in Cork alone

Peaceful mass mobilisation, collective action against state institutions, boycott and ostracisation were powerful weapons in the conflict

Women proved easy targets for the Black and Tans and were regularly terrorised in their homes by threatening, abusive and drunk soldiers

The year saw the War of Independence begins in earnest with an escalation of murder and violence by the British and IRA

The summer of 1920 saw a period of intense political violence in the north against a background of a post-war economic slump

Amid escalating violence and fear, it took just one incident to ignite the situation

Decade of Centenaries programme adapted for Covid-19 restrictions

It invokes such partiality that, 100 years later, untangling its knotted legacy is not easy

Women played a vital role in the conflict but many of their stories are lost forever

Patrick and Harry had been savagely beaten and brutally tortured following their arrest

When the long-established RIC proved not up to the task of crushing the IRA, the British government made the fateful and fatal decision to draft in the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries

Reporting of atrocities by crown forces in Ireland by European and American newspapers caused deep unease in Britain

Helping students to explore the War of Independence

The Mutiny of the Connaught Rangers in India was a military failure but a moral victory