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1920-01-03
1500 new recruits urgently required for RIC
The Irish Independent, quoting the Daily Express’ Dublin correspondent, reports that an Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) recruitment office will be opened in London. The report states that one thousand, five hundred recruits are urgently required¹.Read More →
1919-01-21
First Assembly of Dail Eireann
The first Dáil has met today in the Mansion House in Dublin. The Declaration of Independence was read in Irish (by Cathal Brugha) , English (by Edmund Duggan) and in French ( by George Gavan Duffy) :- Whereas the Irish people is by right a free people: And Whereas for seven hundred years the Irish people has never ceased to repudiate and has repeatedly protested in arms against foreign usurpation: And Whereas English rule in this country is, and always has been, based upon force and fraud and maintained by military occupation against the declared will of the people: And Whereas the Irish Republic wasRead More →
1919-01-14
Sinn Fein MPs meet in Dublin again
The Sinn Fein MPs not incarcerated in the government met in the Mansion House in Dublin today. Count Plunkett informed the gathering that invitations had been sent to all Irish-elected MPs to assemble as Dáil Eireann. So far, only one response had been received – a Decline from Sir Robert Woods (Independent Unionist MP for Dublin University). It has agreed that the first meeting of Dáil Eireann should take place as soon as possible, and that only urgent business would be dealt with (as 35 Sinn Fein MPs are currently in jail or in exile) It was also agreed to recommend that the following membersRead More →
1919-01-07
Sinn Fein MPs meet in Dublin
Newly elected Sinn Féin MPs met in Dublin today and demanded independence for Ireland, and the release of the 34 Sinn Fein MPs currently in jail. Thirty members met in the Oak Room of the Mansion House, and the proceedings were chaired by Count Plunkett (Roscommon North).Read More →