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Century: War of Independence
The Public Safety Bill resulted in the execution of 81 anti-Treaty prisoners during the Civil War
More than 1,000 lives were lost between January and July 1921
The Mutiny of the Connaught Rangers in 1920 had a tragic outcome
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Although there were few casualties, the year marked a point of no return and made a confrontation between the British state and the Irish counterstate inevitable
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
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