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The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)

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1615:, to request that British troops be sent to drive out the IRA. Over the next week, a large number of Specials and British troops attempted to capture Pettigo from a force of about 100 IRA volunteers, by both land and water. British forces bombarded the village and then stormed it and captured Pettigo on 4 June. Three IRA volunteers manning machine-gun posts were killed by British shelling and gunfire; most of the other IRA volunteers retreated. Belleek was captured by British troops on 8 June after a brief battle. They bombarded the old Belleek Fort, forcing its IRA garrison to retreat. Newspaper reports put the IRA casualties at seven killed and the total death toll as high as 30. Although in Southern territory, British troops continued to occupy Pettigo until January 1923, and Belleek Fort until August 1924. 1187: 1411:(both in Northern Ireland), but the Irish Provisional Government was unaware British forces would be crossing through its territory. The IRA called on the Special Constables to surrender for questioning, but one of them shot dead IRA commandant Matt Fitzpatrick. This sparked a firefight in which four Special Constables were killed and several wounded. Five others were captured. The incident threatened to set off a major confrontation between North and South, and the British government temporarily suspended the withdrawal of British troops from the South. A Border Commission was set up to mediate in any future cross-border disputes, but achieved very little. 40: 1499:
centre of Belfast. The objective of the raid was to capture armoured cars and weaponry. A unit infiltrated the barracks but had to fight their way out when guards were alerted. One RIC constable was killed and another wounded during the attack on Musgrave barracks. Woods was quoted on this attack: "The whole Loyalist population is at a loss to know how such a raid could be attempted during curfew hours on the headquarters in Belfast and the largest barrack in Ireland. They are in a state of panic." The IRA also carried out numerous firebomb attacks and dozens of fires blazed across Belfast. On 19 May 1922 a Unionist-owned mill was burned in
1183:, fatally wounding Constable James Glover. He had been targeted because the IRA suspected him of being part of a group of police involved in the sectarian killings of Catholics. These attacks sparked violence by Loyalists. Belfast suffered three days of sectarian rioting and shooting incidents, during which at least 14 people were killed; including three Catholics taken from their homes and killed by uniformed police. About 150 Catholic families were forced out of their homes at that time. Violence continued throughout the summer of 1921 with August being particularly bad in Belfast: 23 people were killed (12 Protestants and 11 Catholics). 923: 1053:, County Down and his large funeral was held there on 21 July, the same day as the Belfast shipyard expulsions. After Smyth's funeral, about 3,000 Loyalists took to the streets. Many Catholic homes and businesses were attacked, burned and looted, despite police being present. A large mob of Loyalists, some armed, attacked and tried to break into the home of a republican family. The father fired on the crowd, killing a Protestant man. Hundreds of Catholic factory workers were also driven from their jobs, and many Catholic families fled Banbridge. Calm was restored after the British Army was deployed in the town. 1672: 1747:. Attacks continued through the summer on Catholic homes in the areas of Lancaster and York Streets. By the end of the 1935 attacks and riots, thirteen people had been killed, hundreds had been wounded, mass expulsions of Catholics from shipyard jobs occurred again. The Catholic Relief Committee stated that mobs had evicted 431 families from their homes and dozens of houses were burned in the central part of Belfast. Over 2500 people had been driven from their homes with 85 percent being Catholic and 73 homes destroyed by arson. Many Catholics referred to these incidents as pogroms against them. 787: 1328:: "By the early spring of 1921 there were 3,515 A and 11,000 B Specials in the six county area. At the time of the truce there were about 14 reasonably active IRA companies in Tyrone, each with around 50 men, but only half a dozen in each company were armed. Therefore, just over 100 poorly armed Volunteers faced a combined force of almost 3,000 heavily armed, paramilitary police comprising RIC, A and B Specials. The British Army was also represented in Tyrone with a 650 man Rifle Brigade in Strabane. Some areas of Ulster saw little violence – only three IRA volunteers were killed in 1577: 1316:, County Donegal, the IRA attacked a mixed patrol of military and police, one RIC officer was killed and a soldier was wounded during a 30 minute exchange of gunfire. Later that day, police and Black and Tans in Donegal town fired shots into buildings, destroyed shops and licensed premises. After midnight a mixed force of RIC, Black and Tans, USC and military returned to Mountcharles destroying businesses and setting fire to homes. That night one woman was shot and killed in Mountcharles. On 22 March 1921, in retaliation for the burning of Catholic owned homes in 620:. Many workers were made redundant, working hours were reduced and many returning soldiers were unable to find work. Some returning Protestant soldiers felt bitterness against the many Catholics who had remained at home and now held jobs. At the same time, fiery political speeches were made by Unionist leaders and weapons were stockpiled by Ulster loyalists and Irish nationalists. Other events which contributed to the outbreak of violence were the assassinations of senior British Army officers, policemen and politicians: RIC Divisional Commissioner 1632:, which was moored in Belfast Lough and described as a "floating gulag". The numerical superiority of the USC (19,400 members in the A and B Specials) also proved an insurmountable obstacle for the northern IRA. Irish nationalists in the South became distracted by the deepening split between pro-treaty and anti-treaty factions. In early June, the Irish Provisional Government adopted "a policy of peaceful obstruction" towards the Northern government, and Michael Collins suspended attempts to use force. 1533:. The Special Powers Act has been described as " the most draconian pieces of legislation ever passed in a liberal democracy." Joe Devlin, MP, stated the predicament the nationalist community was facing: "If Catholics have no revolvers they are murdered. If they have revolvers they are flogged and sentenced to death." (The act allowed for flogging in some cases.) The act was renewed several times before being made permanent in 1933 and stayed in effect until 1973 when it was replaced with the 485:). The second Home Rule Bill was introduced in 1893, much violence ensued with Catholic workmen being driven from their jobs in the Belfast shipyards. In addition to the above riots many others occurred in Belfast during the 19th century - serious rioting took place in 1835 (two rioters shot dead), 1841, 1843, 1857, 1864, 1872, 1880,1884 and 1898. In 1912 Belfast was the scene of "fullscale sectarian rioting" which caused further segregation between the Catholic and Protestant communities. 1074: 1415:
Weaver Street, Belfast. Four girls and two women died. 22 people suffered injuries "some of them horrific". On 18 March 1922, Northern Ireland police raided IRA headquarters in Belfast, seizing weapons and lists of IRA volunteers. The Irish Provisional Government condemned this as a breach of the truce. Over the next week, the IRA attacked several police barracks in the North. On 28 March, a column of fifty IRA volunteers crossed into the North and seized the RIC barracks in
1364:. The Dáil narrowly approved the Treaty on 7 January 1922 (by a vote of 64 to 57), but it caused a serious split in the Irish nationalist movement (eventually leading the Irish Civil War). The anti-Treaty side argued that the Treaty copper-fastened partition; the pro-Treaty side argued that the proposed Boundary Commission would transfer large swathes of Northern Ireland to the Free State, leaving the remaining territory too small to be viable. The pro-Treatyites formed a 442: 1604:, County Donegal both straddle the border. The IRA garrisoned these villages and also occupied the triangular strip of Northern territory. On 27 May 1922 a USC group was sent into the area by boat and garrisoned Magherameena Castle, near Belleek. The IRA attacked the USC, forcing them to abandon their position and withdraw to a nearby island. The IRA also ambushed a convoy of USC reinforcements, killing the lead driver and forcing the Specials to retreat. 802:. In the 1898 "clearances", approximately 700 Catholic workers were driven from shipyards, linen mills and other businesses where Protestants were in the majority. The 1912 clearances resulted in many assaults with thousands of Catholics and Protestant being forcibly removed from their jobs. The events that triggered the 1912 workplace expulsions were the introduction of the Home Rule for Ireland Act in April 1912 and another incident which took place in 972: 1522:(imprisonment without trial). Over 500 men from Tyrone, Derry, Fermanagh, Armagh and Belfast were arrested (all of the internees were all republicans). In a major blow to the IRA, a raid on a house in Belfast uncovered a list of IRA officers in the city, and documents proving the involvement of Southern IRA leaders. The USC were mobilized in large numbers to carry out patrols and raids, and a nighttime curfew was imposed across Northern Ireland. 1276:, was sent to Belfast to liaise with the authorities and try to maintain the truce. With the tacit consent of the RIC, in order to restore order, he organized IRA patrols in Catholic neighborhoods, and announced that IRA offensive actions would end. Both Protestants and Catholics saw the truce as a victory for Republicans. Loyalists "were particularly appalled by the sight of policemen and soldiers meeting IRA officers on a semi-official basis". 1260:
Ireland in 1921 saw another wave of intense sectarian violence in Belfast. This period of time saw the highest number of casualties since the Shipyard Clearances of the previous summer. Hours before the ceasefire was to begin, police launched a raid against Republicans in west Belfast. The IRA ambushed them on Raglan Street, killing an officer (Constable Thomas Conlon) and wounding others. This sparked a day of violence known as
1012:, primarily due to its location near the newly-proclaimed border and Belfast. The following declaration was signed by all of Monaghan's Catholic commercial traders: "We the undersigned traders of Monaghan town, hereby pledge ourselves not to deal directly or indirectly with Belfast Unionist firms or traders until such time as adequate reparation has been made to the Catholic victims of the recent Belfast pogrom". 663:, warned against a rearmed UVF that "would undoubtedly consist entirely of Protestants, and no amount of so called loyalty is likely to restrain them if the religious question becomes acute...the arming of the Protestant population of Ulster will mean the outbreak of civil war in this country, as distinct from the attempted suppression of rebellion with which we are engaged at present." The British Prime Minister, 1251:, County Armagh. Five soldiers and a train guard were killed in the derailment, as were fifty horses. Patrick McAteer, a local farm worker, was fatally wounded on the same day roughly half a mile from the ambush site by soldiers when he failed to halt when challenged. On 6 July, disguised Special Constables raided homes at Altnaveigh, County Armagh, and summarily killed four Catholic civilian men. 1444: 332:, who backed Irish independence. During this period, more than 500 people were killed in Belfast alone, 500 interned and 23,000 people were made homeless in the city, while approximately 50,000 people fled the north of Ireland due to intimidation. Most of the victims were Nationalists (73%) with civilians being far more likely to be killed compared to the military, police or paramilitaries. 851:. At this time in Belfast, Catholics made up a quarter of the city's population but accounted for up two-thirds of those killed, they suffered 80% of the property destruction and comprised 80% of refugees. Despite the role played by state forces, particularly the USC, most unionist historians say the term "pogrom" is misleading, claiming the police violence was not co-ordinated. 1643:. In June 1922 the Belfast IRA conducted an arson campaign, the governments reaction was swift and severe. The leader of the IRA in Belfast (Seamus Woods) stated just how hard operations had become: "The enemy are continually raiding and arresting; the heavy sentences and particularly the flogging making the civilians very loath to keep wanted men or arms". The killing of 1459:, was behind secret plans for an IRA offensive in Northern Ireland. He formed an "Ulster Council" within the IRA, which included the commanders of its five northern divisions, to co-ordinate IRA activity in the north. Collins hoped the offensive would undermine the Northern Ireland government and unite the pro-treaty and anti-treaty IRA in a shared goal. The new Irish 1320:, County Fermanagh (21 February 1921) two members of the USC were shot dead. The IRA also conducted widespread attacks on Protestant owned homes in Rosslea, burning at least two to the ground and damaging many others. The following month, the IRA attacked the homes of up to sixteen Special Constables in the Rosslea district, killing three and wounding several others. 1431:(24 March 1922), in which five Catholic family members and an employee were shot dead by gunmen who broke into their home. The gunmen were allegedly Special Constables, and it was apparently revenge for the IRA's killing of two policemen hours earlier. A week later, six more Catholics were killed by Special Constables who went on a rampage in the 1503:, County Londonderry, later that day a mob of Loyalists and police attacked and burned many Catholic homes and businesses in the village. Uniformed Special Constables arrested four Catholic men at their homes outside the village, took two sets of brothers into a country lane and summarily executed all four men. The IRA also attacked 1145:(USC), commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men" was formed in October 1920 and, in the words of historian Michael Hopkinson, "amounted to an officially approved UVF". Irish nationalists saw the founding of this almost wholly Protestant force as the arming of the majority against the Catholic minority. 1742:
banned all public meetings and demonstrations (the ban was lifted on 27 June). In June 1935 a crowd attacked the small Catholic enclave off Great Georges Street, Belfast. In what became known as the Lancaster street riots, the IRA were based out of Lancaster street and provided a defense for the area
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Interim Report 1921 stated "These riots between Protestants and Catholics in which Protestants were the aggressors partook of the character of Russian pogroms against the Jews". In one author's opinion, "The Catholic population had been beaten into submission". Nationalist newspapers likewise decried
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that began in 1969, some Belfast Catholics whose homes had been attacked when they were children found themselves being attacked again in what seemed a re-run of the troubles of 1920-1922. The Belfast shipyards had a long-standing reputation as Protestant "closed shops" – in 1970, 500
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The campaign saw further reprisals and sectarian violence in newly formed Northern Ireland. On 19 May 1922, 71 Catholic families were driven out of their homes in Belfast and on 31 May, another 78 Catholic families were driven out. Sectarian attacks were not limited to one side: on 19 May workmen at
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were involved on the Catholic side. The USC were alleged to have driven through Catholic enclaves firing indiscriminately. Twenty eight people were killed or fatally wounded (including twelve Catholics and six Protestants) from the beginning of the truce began at noon on 11 July 1921 and in the week
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was shot dead, it was determined that the bullet had been fired by the police trying to disperse the mob. At the end of these two days of violence, virtually the entire Catholic population of both Banbridge and Dromore were forced to flee their homes. Sectarian intimidation and violence continued in
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The now unemployed Catholic shipyard workers continued to attack Protestants as they returned home after work. In late November 1921 multiple trams carrying shipyard workers were attacked, killing eight Protestant workers. Loyalist retaliation resulted in fifteen Nationalists killed in one day alone
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Characterizing the violence as "pogroms" and "ethnic cleansing" has been fiercely debated by historians. Historians have argued that the term "pogrom" is not appropriate given the reciprocity of violence between the communities. In the context of the Belfast shipyard clearances, the use of the word
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The fighting heightened tensions between the Irish and British governments. It was the first clash between the IRA and British troops since the truce, and was the nearest the Northern IRA came to a pitched battle with the British Army. It was also the last major conflict between the IRA and British
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pact had both leaders agree that Craig would try to have Catholic workers regain the jobs lost in the shipyard clearances of 1920. Collins agreed to end IRA actions against the police and military in the six counties and to end the boycott. The Belfast Boycott eventually ended following the signing
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and Diamond, whilst also repulsing an IRA counter-attack. Protestants living in the mainly-Catholic Bogside would be burnt out of their houses by the IRA, with two shot dead. Loyalists fired from the Fountain neighborhood into adjoining Catholic streets. The IRA, armed with rifles and machine-guns,
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By the end of June 1922, the level of violence in Belfast had fallen and the IRA's Northern Offensive had petered out. There were several reasons for this. The Northern government's security crackdown and introduction of internment in late May soon crippled the IRA in Northern Ireland. Within four
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After the Truce between the IRA and the British (11 July 1921), the USC was demobilised by the British and the IRA was given official recognition while peace talks were ongoing. The USC consisted of 32,000 men divided into four sections: A Specials were fulltime and paid. B Specials were part time
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newspaper reported 17 people dead and over 169 seriously wounded. Within four days of the killing of District Inspector Swanzy in Lisburn at least 100 homes of Nationalists were burned in Belfast. Between September 1920 and April 1922 at least four large scale clashes occurred in the small Belfast
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Lisburn was likened to "a bombarded town in France" during the First World War. A third of the town's Catholics (about 1,000 people) fled Lisburn. The attacks in Lisburn, Dromore and Banbridge led to a long-term decline of the Catholic populations of those towns. Damage in Lisburn was estimated at
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at the Workman and Clarke yard. With over 5,000 workers present, speeches were made, demanding the expulsion of all "non-loyal" workers. Hours of intimidation and violence followed, in which Loyalists drove 8,000 co-workers from Harland and Wolff other shipyards, industrial sites and several linen
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On 9 July 1921, a ceasefire (or truce) was agreed between representatives of the Irish Republic and the British government, to begin at noon on 11 July. Many Loyalists condemned the truce as a 'sell-out' to Republicans. While violence may have ceased in the south of Ireland, the birth of Northern
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And it is to The Mercy of these men that 500,000 of we Belfast Catholics are to be left. The Protestants are to be armed, for we would not touch your special constabularyship with a forty-foot pole. Their pogrom is to be made less difficult. Instead of pavingstones and sticks they are to be given
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Over the next three days and nights, Loyalist crowds looted and burned almost every Catholic business in the town, and attacked Catholic homes. There is evidence the UVF helped organise the burnings. Rioters attacked firemen who tried to save Catholic property, and attacked the lorries of British
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Almost 1,000 homes and businesses in Belfast were destroyed, about 80% of them Catholic and 20% Protestant. More than 10,000 people became refugees, most of them Catholics who generally fled to other parts of Ireland. About 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Protestants were forced to move within Belfast
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These incidents provoked retaliatory attacks by Loyalists against Catholics in Belfast, sparking further sectarian clashes. In the three days after the Clones incident, more than 30 people were killed in Belfast. On 14 February, Loyalists threw a bomb into a group of Catholic children playing on
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After a lull, the conflict in the north intensified again in the spring of 1921. On 1 April, the IRA attacked an RIC barracks and a British Army post in Derry city with gunfire and grenades, killing two RIC officers. On 10 April, the IRA ambushed a group of Special Constables outside a church in
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was anchored on the Foyle overlooking the Guildhall. The presence of the military did little to stifle the violence as riots, shootings, and assassinations continued. Six people (four Catholics, two Protestants) were killed in the last week of June, after the army's deployment. According to some
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the establishment of an independent Irish Republic covering the whole island. However, Unionists won most seats in Ulster and affirmed their continuing loyalty to the United Kingdom. Many Irish republicans blamed the British establishment for the sectarian divisions in Ireland, and believed that
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were long time Officers in the IRAs Belfast Brigade and the 3rd Northern Division. On 5 April 1920 Woods led the IRA units that burned the Customs House and two tax offices in Belfast The northern offensive began operations on 18 May 1922 with the raiding of Musgrave Street RIC barracks in the
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Between 1920–1922, within Northern Ireland, 557 people were killed: 303 Catholics, 172 Protestants and 82 police and British Army personnel. A number of IRA volunteers were also killed. Belfast suffered the most casualties, as 455 people there were killed: 267 Catholics, 151 Protestants and 37
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on their way to a match in Derry. In response, on the night of 7–8 February, IRA units crossed into Northern Ireland and captured 40 Special Constables and prominent Loyalists in Fermanagh and Tyrone. They were to be held as hostages for the Monaghan prisoners. Several IRA volunteers were also
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The expulsion of thousands of Catholic workers from the shipyards and other Belfast workplaces were followed by retaliatory attacks against Protestant workers as they were returning home from work, starting a cycle of communal violence which continued for over two years. One of the more brutal
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During this time period violence occurred in all nine counties of Ulster. Outside of the major cities/towns many attacks occurred in smaller/rural communities but were mostly limited to attacks on RIC barracks, ambushes, sniping and raids for weapons. Some large-scale attacks did occur often
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be recruited from the ranks of the loyalist, paramilitary organization the UVF. He warned: "Loyalist leaders now feel the situation is so desperate that unless the Government will take immediate action, it may be advisable for them to see what steps can be taken towards a system of organized
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At other workplaces in Belfast, expulsions continued for several days, and those expelled included several hundred female textile workers. Catholics and Socialists were driven out of other large firms such as Mackies Foundry and Sirocco Engineering Works. According to the Catholic Protection
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The IRA was able to continue its offensive in early June 1922 there were increasing attacks on the USC in south County Armagh. In reprisal, on 13 June 1922, the Specials took two Catholic men from their homes in the area and killed them, dumping their bodies on the roadside at
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correspondent Hugh Martin was quoted on the attacks in Lisburn and Banbridge: "This was no mere faction fight. There can be no doubt that it was a deliberate and organised attempt to, not by any means the first in history, to drive the Catholic Irish out of North-East Ulster."
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Nationalist enclave known as Marrowbone. Initially crowds of armed Unionists attempted to burn the local Catholic church. During this time approximately 20 residents of the Marrowbone and rioters were killed, dozens of people were wounded, and multiple homes burned.
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snatched a British flag from the hands of a young boy – resulting in rioting. When the news spread to Belfast 2,400 Catholics and some 600 Protestant trade unionists were driven (often violently) from their places of work. In the 1912 violence, the directors of
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form of proportional representation. The British Prime Minister had hoped that this system would show a lack of support for Sinn Féin, and this view had vindication after Sinn Féin won only 550 seats compared to 1,256 for all the other parties, including the
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attacked the RIC barracks in Crossgar, County Down. They opened fire on the building, wounding two officers, and attempted to breach the walls with explosives before withdrawing. In early 1921, western Donegal had seasoned Volunteers under the command of
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and its cabinet approved the boycott in August 1920, imposing a boycott of goods from Belfast and a withdrawal of funds from Belfast-based banks. In January 1921, the Dáil agreed to support the boycott more fully, providing 35,000 pounds to the campaign.
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In Ulster during the spring of 1921, numerically superior British/Unionist forces faced a poorly armed IRA. The situation in County Tyrone at that time highlights the problems faced by the IRA when confronted with large numbers of military, police and
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occurred in which British Army officers vowed to resign or be dismissed if they were ordered to enforce the Home Rule Act. Ulster unionists argued that if Home Rule could not be stopped, then all or part of Ulster should be excluded from it (see
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Catholic relief organizations estimated that 8,700 to 11,000 Catholics had lost their jobs, that up to 23,000 Catholics had been forced from their homes and about 500 Catholic-owned businesses had been destroyed between July 1920 and July 1922.
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The offensive was to begin on 2 May 1922, but most of the IRA divisions had to postpone until later in the month. The 2nd Northern Division was unable to postpone and was allowed to begin operations on 2 May with attacks on police barracks in
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While both communities suffered sectarian and politically-motivated violence during this time, Catholics were disproportionately affected. Catholics made up less than one-quarter of Belfast's population but almost two-thirds of the victims.
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The violence that broke out in the city on 18 June continued for a week. At least nineteen people were killed or fatally wounded during this time: 14 Catholics and five Protestants. On 18 June, rioting had spread into the mainly-Protestant
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In response to the expulsions of Catholic workers in Belfast and requirements for employment (political loyalty tests and the requirement to sign loyalty declarations to the British Government), northern Sinn Féin members called for the
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As the Irish War of Independence spread northwards into Ulster, sectarian clashes took place, which would spark a period of fierce sectarian fighting that overshadowed all the riots and clashes of the preceding century. In January 1920,
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addressed the ceremonial opening of the Northern Parliament on 22 June 1921. He called for "all Irishmen to pause, to stretch out the hand of forbearance and conciliation". The next day, a train carrying the king's military escort, the
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rifles. That is how civil war is to be prevented in Ireland and in Ulster. It is impossible to speak with patience of what is going on over there. Englishmen have no conception of it; if they had they would hide their heads in shame.
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as Catholics rioted in the city center, the RIC carried out a bayonet charge. On 14 May more trouble ensued as the RIC and IRA engaged in a four-hour gun battle, which resulted in the shooting death of the local chief of the RIC
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On 22 August 1920, the IRA assassinated RIC Inspector Oswald Swanzy in the Market Square of Lisburn, as worshippers left Sunday service. A coroner's inquest in Cork had held Swanzy (among others) responsible for the murder of
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heralded the fall of unionist control over Londonderry Corporation, declaring "No Surrender – Citadel Conquered". In the June elections, thirteen rural councils in Ulster came under joint Nationalist-Sinn Féin control, as did
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or Battle of Short Strand was a gun battle that took place on the night of 27–28 June 1970 resulting in three deaths and at least 26 wounded. Major sectarian clashes were common in the shipyard area into the 21st century –
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on 22 August dealt another blow to the northern IRA. Collins had secretly been arming and supporting the northern IRA, with his death many northern IRA men felt their cause was unwinnable. IRA Belfast Brigade leader
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Sectarian strife began in Derry in April 1920 when an hour-long violent confrontation between Protestants and Catholics erupted at the corner of Long Tower Street, as republican prisoners were being transported to
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The first half of 1922 saw clashes between the IRA and USC along the new border, an IRA offensive inside Northern Ireland, sectarian violence and killings in Belfast and tensions between the two new governments.
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The boycott had little impact on the north's three main industries – agriculture, shipbuilding and linen – as they were mainly shipped to markets outside Ireland. In March 1922, the
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There would be no major outbreaks of violence until May 1935 when there were arson attacks on Catholic homes in Upper Library Street, Belfast. On 10 May 1935, a curfew was imposed on the area. At that time the
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At the time, many Irish Catholics in Belfast felt that the Loyalist violence, and the violent expulsion of thousands of Catholics from mixed neighborhoods and workplaces, was akin to a pogrom or
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attacks on returning workers occurred on 22 November 1921 when bombs were thrown into a tram carrying workers from the Workman, Clark and Co. shipyard – three workers were killed and 16 wounded.
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was responsible for numerous successful attacks on RIC barracks and troop train ambushes. On 12 January 1921, the column attacked a train carrying troops with multiple military deaths reported.
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County Antrim (a town near Belfast) in response to the murder of Colonel Smyth. On 24 July 1920 rioters attacked Catholic owned businesses, homes and the Catholic convent of the Sacred Heart.
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The large-scale violence of July 1920 - June 1922 was preceded by similar actions in June 1898 and July 1912. The 1898, 1912 and 1920 "clearances" were all of Catholic shipyard workers,
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was introduced in the British House of Parliament. Ulster Unionists resisted that Bill with violence – 31 to 50 people were killed in ongoing riots during June/July 1886 (see the
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and unpaid and the C Specials were unpaid and nonuniform reservists. The USC or "Specials" were used in every decade of the 20th century up to its disbandment in May 1970.
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On 21 July 1920, when shipyard workers returned after the Twelfth holidays, a meeting of "all Unionist and Protestant workers" was called during lunch hour that day by the
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a cooperage in Little Patrick Street, Belfast were lined up and asked their religion. Four Protestant workers were separated from their Catholic workmates and shot dead.
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Ulster Unionist defiance would fade after British rule was ended. The British authorities outlawed the Dáil in September 1919, and a guerrilla conflict developed as the
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stated, "When Collins was killed the northern element (of the IRA) gave up all hope". Nationalist hopes for a large transfer of Northern territory to the newly-formed
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attacked the RIC barracks in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh. After a two-hour firefight, the IRA breached the barracks wall with explosives and stormed the building.
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Banbridge and areas north of the town (the Bann Valley) throughout August and September 1920 with approximately 1,000 more Catholics being expelled from their jobs.
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approved the 'Belfast Boycott' of unionist-owned businesses and banks in the city. It was enforced by the IRA, who halted trains and lorries and destroyed goods.
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Committee, 11,000 Catholic shipyard, factory and mill workers had been expelled from their jobs, a tenth of Belfast's Catholic population. The leader of the
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810,000 pounds (in 1920 currency). Seven men were arrested and charged with rioting – five were convicted but appealed their convictions and were released.
997:) oversaw the implementation of the boycott, by May 1921 there were 360 Belfast Boycott committees throughout Ireland, but it was enforced intermittently. 4888: 1628:
months, 446 Irish republicans/nationalists had been interned and by December 1924, 700 had been interned. A total of 263 men interned on the Prison Ship
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On 14 January, Northern Ireland police arrested a number of 5th Northern division IRA volunteers in County Tyrone with plans to free IRA prisoners from
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between Protestants and Catholics. Almost 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed and thousands of people were forced out of mixed neighborhoods. The
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on 28 June 1922 diverted the IRA from its campaign against the Northern government. Many northern IRA men moved to the south to join the newly formed
1560:, Country Antrim. On the night of 23 June 1922, a party of A-Specials, accompanied by British soldiers, arrived in the village to enforce the nightly 906:, made his feelings on the expulsions clear when he visited the shipyards: "Do I approve of the actions you boys have taken in the past? I say yes". 1663:
By the end of 1922 Northern Ireland was relatively peaceful, which continued through 1924 when internment was ended and the Belfast curfew lifted.
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often attacked the Catholic community in retaliation. In July 1920, they drove 8,000 mostly Catholic workers out of the Belfast shipyards sparking
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in the south on 28 June 1922 diverted the IRA from its campaign against the Northern government, and violence in Northern Ireland fell sharply.
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A strict curfew was enforced in Belfast after the violence. As soon as the ceasefire began, the Commandant of the IRA's 2nd Northern Division,
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soldiers sent to help the police. A Catholic pub owner later died of gunshot wounds and a charred body was found in the ruins of a factory.
382:(RIC). The USC was almost wholly Protestant. Members of both police forces were involved in carrying out reprisal attacks on Catholics. The 4873: 2815: 79: 4848: 1736: 1215:
were held on 24 May. Unionists won most of the seats in Northern Ireland, while republicans treated it as an election for the Dáil. The
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Results of the 1918 UK general election in Ireland, showing seats won by Irish nationalists in green, and seats won by Unionists in blue
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The boycott was enforced by the IRA, who halted trains and lorries and destroyed goods from Belfast businesses. The female members of
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had taken place), most Irish nationalists now wanted full independence rather than home rule. In the 1918 Irish general election, the
573:) majorities. Although Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone returns showed nationalist majorities, they were included into Northern Ireland. 4903: 1333: 1308:
Attacks and reprisals were common. On 25 October 1920 (after a successful raid for arms/ammunition took place at the RIC barracks in
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retaliated for the killings and for the sexual assault of a Catholic woman. A unit of fifty IRA volunteers ambushed a USC patrol at
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made up of returning soldiers to help bolster the RIC, but they quickly became notorious for their actions against nationalists.
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shipyards decided to suspend operations "in view of the brutal assaults on individual workmen and the intimidation of others.".
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Outside of Belfast, at least 104 people were killed: 61 civilians (45 Catholics and 15 Protestants) and 45 policemen/soldiers.
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During the Northern Offensive, there were clashes between the IRA and British forces in an area known as the 'Belleek-Pettigo
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of 1912–14, Unionists threatened to oppose any Irish government with violence if necessary, forming a paramilitary group: the
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played major roles in holding up trains and the seizure/destruction of northern produced goods/Unionist leaning newspapers.
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Another contributing factor to the outbreak of communal violence was the severe economic recession that followed the end of
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on Newtownards Road; soldiers guarding the building responded opened fire, wounding 15 Protestants, three of them fatally.
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comprised the maximum area Unionists believed they could dominate. Generally, Irish nationalists opposed partition, in the
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came under sustained attack and in March 1922, nearby St Matthew's Primary School was also subjected to a bombing attack.
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held up several trains bound from County Tyrone to County Donegal. However, the boycott was effectively enforced only in
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suspected IRA members, and imposing a nighttime curfew across the six counties of Northern Ireland. The outbreak of the
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inquiry, which was declassified almost a century later, concluded that the constabulary's version of events was false.
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members of the security forces. The city had a higher per-capita death rate than any other part of Ireland during the
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RIC barracks in County Antrim with gunfire and grenades and ambushed a group of USC reinforcements, killing one.
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area of the city, where Catholic homes were burnt. The UVF, with the aid of ex-servicemen, seized control of the
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captured during the raids. The Northern Ireland authorities responded by sealing-off many cross-border roads.
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county councils. Unionist representation in Belfast fell from 52 to 29 as a result of the good showing of the
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In the early 20th century, all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. A majority of Ireland's people were
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Arming the Protestants: The Formation of the Ulster Special Constabulary and the Royal Ulster Constabulary
4883: 4713: 1265: 1175:, killing one and wounding others. In reprisal, the USC attacked nationalists and burned their houses in 1142: 960: 939: 807: 694: 656: 566: 375: 366:
Conflict continued intermittently for two years, mostly in Belfast, which saw "savage and unprecedented"
283: 154: 4340: 1518:, a Unionist Member of Parliament in Belfast. This spurred the Northern Ireland government to introduce 1179:(where the dead Special Constables came from). On 10 June, the IRA shot three RIC officers on Belfast's 596:, Sinn Féin's elected members boycotted the British parliament and founded a separate Irish parliament ( 593: 4858: 1687: 1504: 1191: 685: 96: 39: 4898: 2226: 1657: 1597: 1357: 1119:
During the last weekend of August 1920 sectarian violence was also widespread in nearby Belfast. The
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during the war. For a more complete listing of the troubles in Ulster during this time period see
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Lynch, Robert (2019). The Partition of Ireland: 1918–1925. Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–92.
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following. Almost 200 houses were badly damaged or destroyed, most of them being Catholic homes.
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Wood, which sparked intense rioting in the city, where Long Tower Street and Bishop Street met.
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One of the last mass killings of the periods occurred in the predominantly-Catholic village of
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Another large scale battle took place on 1 June 1920 when at least 200 IRA volunteers led by
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alone. An estimated 8,000–10,000 workers, mostly Catholics, were expelled from their jobs.
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inspecting troops in Belfast at the opening of the Northern Ireland Parliament, June 1921
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fire from soldiers. By the end of this period of trouble forty people had been killed.
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involving up to 200 IRA members. On 9 May 1920 approximately 200 IRA volunteers under
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Eventually, on 23 June 1920, 1,500 British troops arrived in Derry to restore order,
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remobilized the UVF with one of the leading organizers being the future, long term
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Frontiers of Violence: Conflict and Identity in Ulster and Upper Silesia 1918–1922
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One of the most infamous sectarian attacks in Belfast during this period were the
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began on 11 July 1921, ending the fighting in most of Ireland. It was preceded by
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Imagining Ireland's Independence: The Debates Over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921
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of Unionist-owned businesses and banks in the city.Despite some opposition, the
847:" being carried out against Belfast's Catholic minority, referring to it as the 4348: 3914: 3657: 2748: 2693: 2617: 2213: 1649: 1495: 1293: 1001: 943: 938:
shipyards in Belfast and made permanent in 1969, following the outbreak of the
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area. Also in May 1922, the new government of Northern Ireland implemented the
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helped to organize the attack on Swanzy (the killers were IRA men from Cork).
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friar who was shot by a bullet fired from a passing military patrol through a
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five of the nine Counties of Ulster returned Sinn Fein and Irish nationalist (
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areas of Belfast remain basically segregated and violence still occurs. The
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British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916–1945
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On 11 February, the IRA stopped a group of armed Special Constables at
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mills. All of the removed workers were either Catholics or Protestant
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as its capital). Six of the nine counties in the province of Ulster –
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Men, Masculinities and Religious Change in Twentieth-Century Britain
910:(22 November 1921). St. Matthew's church in the Catholic enclave of 4513: 2781: 2230: 1484: 1468: 1349: 1176: 4696:
The Mutilation of a Nation : The Story behind Partition in Ireland
4514:"American Commission on Conditions in Ireland Interim Report 1921" 1443: 609:
began to attack British forces. This conflict became known as the
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The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966–1995 and the Search for Peace
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Demographic Engineering: Population Strategies in Ethnic Conflict
1601: 1317: 1082: 981: 887: 875: 836: 733: 530: 414: 378:(USC) (or Specials) were formed to help the regular police – the 356: 2305:(Speech). House of Commons debate. Parliament of the UK: Hansard 1438: 632:(the Military Advisor to the Ulster Government). IRA volunteers 2706: 2704: 1912:, The Mercier Press Limited, Dublin, pg 174, ISBN 0 85342 708 9 1561: 1542: 1447:
Michael Collins (left) inspects a National Army soldier in 1922
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A peace wall in Short Strand dividing it from a Protestant area
844: 742: 538: 517:). The Act divided Ireland along established county lines (see 474: 2671:
Northern Divisions The Old IRA and the Belfast Pogroms 1920–22
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Tit-For-Tat: The War of Independence in the Northern Counties
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Tit-For-Tat: The War of Independence in the Northern Counties
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James Craig, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, telegrammed
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secretly supplied weaponry and equipment for the offensive.
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Home rule for all of Ireland was set to take place with the
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The Edge of the Union: the Ulster Loyalist Political Vision
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The Northern IRA and the Early Days of Partition, 1920–1922
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Catholic-owned businesses destroyed by loyalists in Lisburn
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won the overwhelming majority of Irish seats. In line with
461:") or independence. However, in the north-east of Ireland, 2691:
Barry McCaffrey (25 June 2010). "Battle of Short Strand".
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Lynch, Robert (2017). "Belfast". In Crowley, John (ed.).
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window. A Loyalist mob attempted to burn down a Catholic
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Echoes of Their Footsteps, The Irish Civil War 1922–1924
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until the Free State was established (6 December 1922).
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On 23 July 1920, sectarian motivated riots occurred in
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1920 Belfast shipyard worker "clearances" and "pogroms"
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Barton, Brian (1976). "Northern Ireland, 1920–25", in
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On 17 July 1920, the IRA assassinated British Colonel
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sources, six Catholics were killed in the Bogside by
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from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the
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of the 1920s was a period of conflict in what is now
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20th-century military history of the United Kingdom
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Elections for the Northern and Southern parliaments
347:in the city. That summer, violence also erupted in 4256: 4254: 4252: 4250: 4248: 3763:Guerrilla Warfare in the Irish War of Independence 2732: 2236: 732:. On the 18th of April, shots were fired into the 4306:The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition 4300: 4298: 4296: 4294: 4292: 3724:"The Clones affray, 1922 – massacre or invasion?" 3719: 3717: 3030: 3028: 2114:The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition 1136:wrote to the British government demanding that a 1036: 4835: 4634:"Belfast in the 1930's: An Oral History Project" 4267: 4139:. Oregon: Generation Organization. p. 331. 3305: 3303: 3301: 3268: 3252: 2843: 2427: 2425: 2423: 2372: 2370: 1755:Catholic workers were expelled from their jobs. 1571: 1535:Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 1525:This security crackdown, underpinned by the new 4616:"Belfast in the 1930s: An Oral History Project" 4587:Phoenix & Parkinson, pp. 125–126 & 130. 4245: 4054:. The O'Connell Publishing Company, pp. 144–145 3178: 3176: 3074: 3072: 3070: 2690: 2436:. New York University Press. pp. 630–631. 1660:) may have also led to a decrease in violence. 993:(brother of executed 1916 Easter Rising leader 934:(walls) were built in the area adjacent to the 790:Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyards in 1911 678: 4289: 4087: 4085: 4083: 4081: 4079: 3878: 3876: 3874: 3872: 3858: 3856: 3854: 3757: 3755: 3714: 3025: 2247:Eunan O'Halpin & Daithí Ó Corráin (2020). 1719:American Commission on Conditions in Ireland's 469:were the majority, largely as a result of the 4319:Donegal & the Civil War: The Untold Story 3558: 3524: 3298: 2420: 2367: 1729: 1439:IRA Northern Offensive and sectarian violence 1360:could then redraw or confirm the provisional 1097:. The commander of Belfast IRA 1st Battalion 762:, which became the scene of intense gunfire. 80: 4869:Riots and civil disorder in Northern Ireland 4632:Munck, Ronnie; Rolston, Bill (Spring 1984). 4631: 3424:. Oxford University Press, 2010. pp. 128–129 3173: 3067: 3002: 3000: 2470:Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900–2000 628:(May 1922), and British Army Field Marshall 314:. It was mainly a communal conflict between 18:The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922) 4700:https://jstor.org/stable/community.29825522 4674:. Argenta Publications. pp. 333, 339. 4542: 4076: 3869: 3851: 3776:"Facts and Fallacies of the Belfast Pogrom" 3752: 3486: 3484: 3382:. Transaction Publishers, 1997. pp. 29–30; 2363:. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. p. 106. 1925:, Belfast, W. & G. Baird, pp. 272, 422. 1879:"Curfew introduced across Northern Ireland" 1737:Minister of Home Affairs (Northern Ireland) 1690:, with 40% of all conflict-related deaths. 975:A notice from the Belfast Boycott Committee 4234: 4232: 4230: 3449:O'Halpin & Ó Corráin. pp. 518–520, 522 2541:Political Conflict in East Ulster, 1920–22 2265:. Cork: Mercier Press Ltd. p. 16-18. 1948:. New York: St. Martins Press. p. 7. 1392:. They were traveling with members of the 1254: 806:, County Londonderry when a member of the 87: 73: 4571:. Oxford University Press, pp. 247, 251. 4052:Facts & Figures of the Belfast Pogrom 3904: 3902: 3900: 3898: 3896: 3894: 3892: 2997: 2684: 2358: 2332: 2021:. Cambridge University Press. p. 48. 1588:'. This was a triangular area of land in 1334:Timeline of the Irish War of Independence 1279: 1165: 335:During the Irish War of Independence the 4823:, Generation Organization, Newberg, OR, 4711: 4284:Ireland 1798–1998: War, Peace and Beyond 3641:. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. p. 104 3481: 3153: 2933: 2723: 1670: 1575: 1442: 1423:McMahon family and Arnon Street killings 1185: 1072: 970: 921: 785: 440: 38: 4669: 4543:Delap, Lucy; Morgan, Sue, eds. (2013). 4371: 4227: 3084:Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum 2488: 2289:, Anvil Books Ltd, Tralee, Pgs 174-175. 2053: 1811: 1198: 1128:Forming the Ulster Special Constabulary 688:took place for the first time with the 525:territories within the United Kingdom: 14: 4889:Catholic–Protestant sectarian violence 4836: 4134: 3889: 3830:Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA 3402:, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, p. 80. 3224: 3006: 2985:from the original on 24 September 2015 2567:. RTE/Boston College. 28 November 1921 2298: 2260: 2078: 1943: 1622: 1029:of December 1921 and the onset of the 667:, had around the same time formed the 339:(IRA) began attacking British forces; 43:Conflict deaths in Belfast 1920–1922. 4816:Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast 4614:Munck, R., & Rolston, B. (1984). 4108:Remembering the Past: Internment 1922 3784:, vol. 28, no. 5. Wordwell, pp. 28–31 3650: 3497:. Oxford University Press, pp. 78–79. 3372: 3313:. Manchester University Press, p. 299 2741: 2673:, BTP Publications, Belfast, p. 186; 2610: 2592:O'Halpin & Ó Corráin, pp. 151–153 2431: 2016: 1972:. Manchester University Press, p. 252 1675:People reading casualty lists at the 1514:On 22 May 1922, the IRA assassinated 1339: 68: 4894:Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland 4712:Johnston, Kevin (29 November 2008). 4341:"Collins Protests British Army Move" 3618:. The Irish Story. 12 December 2014. 3295:McDermott (2001), Pgs. 111 & 116 2818:from the original on 4 December 2018 2472:, Four Courts Press, Dublin, p. 72; 2251:. Yale University Press, pp. 141–145 1998:(Report). Northern Ireland Elections 1775:, Four Courts Press, Dublin, p. 86, 1773:The Irish Revolution 1912–23: Tyrone 1344:The post-ceasefire talks led to the 1301:. During this time the west Donegal 1207:came into force on 3 May 1921, thus 457:who wanted either self-government (" 425:(also known as the "Flogging Act"), 4874:Riots and civil disorder in Belfast 4547:. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 236. 4240:A New History of Ireland Volume VII 4168: 3730:, Volume 12, Issue 3 (Autumn 2004). 3563:. Mercier Press. pp. 223–224. 2934:McCarthy, Kieran (22 August 2020). 2489:Glennon, Kieran (27 October 2020). 2145:, Merrion Press, Newbridge, p. 31; 2042:Revolutionary Government in Ireland 2019:The Partition of Ireland: 1918–1925 1812:Glennon, Kieran (27 October 2020). 1613:Secretary of State for the Colonies 1545:. On 17 June, IRA volunteers under 1141:reprisals against the rebels". The 1132:In September 1920, Unionist leader 1081:Sectarian attacks also occurred in 1068: 321:, who wanted to remain part of the 24: 4757: 4511: 3832:. Oxford University Press, p. 40. 3225:Devlin, Joseph (25 October 1920). 2742:Moore, Cormac (2 September 2020). 2192:. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 97–98 1910:Northern Ireland: Who is to Blame? 1708: 1235:Opening of the Northern Parliament 1223:, headed by Unionist Party leader 966: 900:Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 649:Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 25: 4925: 4809:, Andersontown News Publications 4767:, Oxford: Oxford University Press 4242:. Oxford University Press, p. 180 3469:Northern Ireland the Orange State 2083:. 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Index

The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)
the Troubles

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Home Rule Crisis
Curragh mutiny
Howth gun-running
Larne gun-running
Easter Rising
Conscription Crisis
War of Independence
1920 Cork hunger strike
The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Creation of Northern Ireland
Partition of Ireland
Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Civil War
1923 Irish hunger strikes
Irish Army Mutiny
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Irish Parliamentary Party
Sinn Féin
Irish Volunteers
Irish Republican Army
Irish Citizen Army
Black and Tans
Ulster Unionist Party

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