Lloyd George

The negotiators believed Tyrone and Fermanagh would pass to the South

100 years later: The Irish Times recalls a critical year in modern Irish history

We have been dealing with the consequences of partition ever since

An uncompromising stance on the Treaty negotiations was indelibly formed by the experience of watching her brother, Terence MacSwiney, die on hunger strike

It was no accident but a process that provided a precedent for the rest of the empire

An Irishwoman’s Diary

The lord mayor of Cork’s feat of endurance and the drawn-out circumstances of his death magnified the cause of Irish independence in the international arena

14 British officers were shot dead in Michael Collins’s bid to destroy ‘the undesirables’

More than 1,000 lives were lost between January and July 1921

Images of Tomas MacCurtain, Terence MacSwiney worn during hurling match against Limerick

Former Taoiseach criticises ‘sheer ignorance of Irish history’ by some Brexiteers

A ‘battle’ in Tralee was restaged in Killiney, Dublin, and the photographs and Pathé news film were spread widely

RIC’s primary role in the War of Independence was to defend British interest

Irish republicans sought discussion on independence at peace negotiations

An Irishman’s Diary

The abrupt break-up of Europe’s land empires and the inability of successor states to settle territorial disputes triggered post-war violence in which well over four million lost their lives

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 devastated Ireland – with more than 20,000 deaths and 800,000 infected, it permeated every layer of society and silenced whole communities as it passed through

John Redmond’s Irish Parliamentary Party still casts a long shadow over the politics of modern Ireland

Fighting for the British Empire: the story of the Irish who lost their lives needs to be told