| March
17, 1858 - |
Irish
Revoluntionary Brotherhood (later known as
the Irish Republican Brotherhood) is founded
by James Stephens in Dublin. Its upmost priority
is the establishment of an Irish republic.
The secret, oath-bound organization relies
on physical force to carry out its missions |
| Nov.
19, 1913 - |
Irish Citizen Army is formed by the Catholic
League |
| Nov.
25, 1913 - |
Three
thousand men are sworn into the Irish Volunteers.
By 1914, there were 100,000 people in the
Irish Volunteers |
| April
2, 1914 - |
Cumann
na mBan is started as a women’s auxiliary
to the Irish Volunteers |
| Aug.
3, 1914 - |
Germany
declares war on France |
| Aug.
4, 1914 - |
Britain
declares war on Germany |
| Oct.
25, 1914 - |
Irish
Volunteers refuse James
Connolly’s proposal that the Citizen
Army affiliates with them |
| Dec.
2-4 1914 - |
Newspapers
Sinn Fein, Irish Freedom,
and Irish Volunteer are given censorship
guidelines by the British |
| Dec
5, 1914 - |
Connolly’s
Irish Worker appears with a blank
front page to protest government censorship
|
|
March
13, 1915 -
|
The
Irish Volunteers commandants (Patrick
Pearse, Joseph
Plunkett, Bulmer Hobson, Edward Daly,
Thomas MacDonagh, Eamonn Ceannt and Eamon
de Valera) discuss the possibility of
a rising in September |
| May
25, 1915 –
|
The
first issue of the Connolly's Worker’s
Republic, which replaced the Irish
Worker, is published at Liberty Hall |
| May
1915 –
|
The
I.R.B creates the secret Military Council.
Its first members are Pearse, Plunkett, and
Ceannt. It expands to include Thomas J. Clarke
and Sean MacDiarmada |
|
Jan.
19-22, 1916 –
|
The
I.R.B Military Council has a secret meeting
with Connolly. He is co-opted into the Council,
and it is agreed that there will be a rising
no later than Easter. |
|
Mar.
9, 1916 –
|
Pearse
and Clarke are told that guns will arrive
from Germany during April 23-25. |
|
April
6, 1916 –
|
Plunkett
tells Roger Casement that Easter Sunday is
the date for the rising |
|
April
23, 1916 –
|
The
I.R.B Military Council meets in Liberty Hall
and decides to start the rising at noon the
next day. |
|
April
24, 1916 –
|
Easter
Rising. The General Post Office is occupied
without a shot fired. Pearse issues the
Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
to the People of Ireland from the steps
of the G.P.O.
|
| April
27, 1916 – |
12,000
British troops occupy Dublin. The city center
is barricaded. |
| April
29, 1916 –
|
Pearse
makes an unconditional surrender to the British
General Brigadier Lowe. |
| May
3, 1916 –
|
Pearse,
Clarke and MacDonagh are executed |
| May
4, 1916 –
|
Plunkett
marries Grace Gifford and is executed a few
hours later |
| May
12, 1916 –
|
Connolly
and Mac Diarmada are executed |
| Oct.
27, 1916 –
|
De
Valera is elected President of the Irish Volunteers |
| Jan
21, 1919 –
|
Dail
Eireann formed. |
| Feb.
23, 1920 –
|
Curfew
(midnight – 5 a.m.) begins in Ireland |
|
Mar.
20, 1920 –
|
Tomas
MacCUrtain, Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Cork and
commandant of 1st Cork Brigade of IRA, is
shot dead at his home by the Royal Irish Constabulary.
The R.I.C. is an organization under the British
government |
|
April
27, 1920 –
|
The
I.R.A. attack police barracks at Ballylanders,
Co. Limerick. Limerick is terrorized by
Black and Tans the next day
|
|
June
13, 1920 –
|
The
I.R.A burn down Mount Shannon, the largest
house in Co. Limerick |
|
Sept.
20, 1920 –
|
Black
and Tans raid Balbrigan, Co. Dublin |
| Nov.
21, 1920 –
|
Michael
Collins organizes the I.R.A. to kill fourteen
British secret sercice agents. Black and Tans
then kill twelve during a hurling match at
Dublin's Croke Park. These events are known
as Bloody Sunday |
| Feb.
5, 1921 – |
Six republican prisoners are executed in Co.
Cork. Six British soldiers are also killed
in Cork City |
| March
15, 1921 –
|
Six
republican prisoners are exected in Dublin |
| July
11, 1921 –
|
Anglo-Irish
truce comes into effect |
| Dec
6, 1921 –
|
Articles
of Agreement and Annex for a Treaty between
Great Britian and Ireland is signed at 2:10
a.m. in England under Prime Minister Lloyd
George's threat of “war within three
days.” |
| Dec.
8, 1921 – |
De Valera denounces the treaty |
| Dec.
9, 1921 – |
British
release hostage I.R.A. members |
| Jan.
7, 1922 –
|
Dail
Eireann approves the Treaty |
| Jan
9, 1922 –
|
De
Valera resigns presidency of Dail Eireann |
| Jan
10, 1922 – |
De Valera loses on his motion for his re-election
as President of the Dail. Arthur Griffith
is elected new President after de Valera and
his followers walk out before the vote takes
place |
| Jan.
30, 1922 –
|
Collins
directs the first meeting to draft a constituition |
| June
16, 1922 –
|
Constituition
issued to the press for publication |
| June
28, 1922 –
|
Ireland's
Civil War begins |
| Aug.
22, 1922 – |
Collins
is shot and killed at Beal na mBlath, Co.
Cork |
|
Nov.
17, 1922 –
|
First
executions of the Civil War |
| April
27, 1923 |
The
Free State rejects de Valera's terms for negotiation
to end the war |
| May
24, 1923 |
Civil War ends |
| April
19, 1949 |
The
Irish Free State becomes the Republic of Ireland
|
