81.1 War of Irish Independence - Background

In January 1919 a group of recently elected Sinn Fien MPs gathered in Dublin. There they proclaimed the establishment of an Irish Republic and adopted a ‘Declaration of Independence’, which asserted Ireland’s right to be a sovereign nation. I describe here the background to the Irish people's struggle for independence from the United Kingdom, including the Easter Rising 1916.

Picture: Royal Irish Constabulary

Opening Music: The Charlston. End Music by Nico Vettese

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