TIMELINE
Use the timelines to find out more about events between 1912 and 1922
8 Jan: US President Woodrow Wilson announces his so-called ‘fourteen points’, outlining the proposed contours of a post-war international order, in an address to the US Congress. From the International encyclopaedia of the First World War: The fourteen points. 2 Feb: South Armagh by-election won by Patrick Donnelly for the Irish Parliamentary Party, defeating…
Read More3 Feb: North Roscommon by-election won by George Plunkett, father of the executed Joseph Mary Plunkett, on a separatist ticket. From Century Ireland: Count Plunkett victorious in North Roscommon by-election. 7 March: Prime Minister Lloyd George give speech in House of Commons accepting the validity of unionist position, thereby prompting John Redmond and nationalist MPs…
Read MoreJan: Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) decide to embark upon an insurrection as soon as possible. 10 Jan: Evacuation of allied forces from Gallipoli completed. From Century Ireland: Gallipoli evacuation complete 19-22 Jan: James Connolly co-opted onto IRB Military Council in Dublin. From UCD Decade of Centenaries: read the Dictionary of Irish Biography entry on…
Read More5 January: W.T. Cosgrave returned unopposed as Sinn Féin member of Dublin Corporation. 24 January: Naval battle of Dogger Bank. 18 February: Beginning of German naval blockade of Britain and Ireland. From Century Ireland: Germany declares Irish sea to be a ‘war zone’. 2 March: Suppression of Arthur Griffith’s newspaper Scissors and paste. From…
Read More1914: 18 January: ITGWU, in closed session, recommends that members return to work if they are not obliged to take pledge repudiating membership. From History Ireland: The aftermath of the Dublin Lockout. 20 March: ‘Curragh Incident’: 57 of 70 officers of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, along with their commanding officer, Gen. Hubert Gough,…
Read More1913: 16 January: Third reading of the Home Rule bill passes the House of Commons by 367 votes to 257. 30 January: The Home Rule bill is defeated in the House of Lords by 326 votes to 69. 31 January: The Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) officially establishes a paramilitary body, the Ulster…
Read More1912: 11 April: Introduction of a third Home Rule bill in House of Commons by Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. Click here to listen to the History Ireland Hedge School: ‘Home Rule: lost opportunity or sell-out?’ Or watch the recording here. From Century Ireland: What was Home Rule? 14–15 April: White Star liner Titanic,…
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