100 YEARS AGO: Restoration of Order in Ireland Act

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The violence of the War of Independence was at first deeply unpopular with the broader Irish public, but attitudes changed gradually in the face of the British government’s campaign of widespread brutality, destruction of property, random arrests, reprisals and unprovoked shootings. The small groups of Volunteers on the run were ... Read more

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