A State Apart
 Beginning of 20th century Irish Nationalists fighting for
independence from Britain (1912)
 19 14 Irish Home Rule bill passed
 Easter Rising 1916
 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence - British government uses
'Black & Tans'
 1920 Government of Ireland Act - 6 of 9 counties of Ulster
become Northern Ireland - independent parliaments granted to
both
 Anglo-lrish Treaty (1920) ends war and gives limited freedom to
Ireland
 1922 Irish Free State established
 1922-23 Irish Civil War
 1937 Eire becomes independent member of Commonwealth
 1939-45 2nd World War - Eire remains neutral, North plays key
role in Allied victory
 1949 Republic of Ireland cuts links with Britain & Commonwealth
 1950s IRA begin campaign of terror - very little support received
The Civil Rights Movement
 From 1920s Protestants intent on maintaining control
 By mid 1960s Prot control being challenged by Civil Rights
movement – consequences
 Many examples of discrimination eg jobs & housing
 Gerrymandering used - good example in Londonderry

October 1968 Civil Rights Association planned meeting in Derry
 Pressure put on PM [O'Neilil to grant reforms
 People's Democracy organised 4 day march - attacked at
Burntollet Bridge (4/1/69)
 April 1969 voting rights granted - civil rights campaign
continued in Derry
 Riots in Derry 1 2th- August 1969 - use of CS gas, 'B' Specials
sent in (14/8/1969) - Brit troops sent in
 Unrest continued in Belfast - Catholics under attack 15/8/1969
Brit troops sent in
 Guns & money being smuggled in from South - IRA being rebuilt
 Split in IRA at end of 1969 – Provos
 IRA support swelled by Army actions in July 1970
 Start of bombing campaign
 Government introduced Internment
 30th- Jan 1972 - Paratroopers kill 13 in Londonderry 'Bloody
Sunday"
 Direct rule by Brit government re-imposed