Fenian
The term Fenian refers to an Irish revolutionary nationalist movement that used violence to fight British occupation. The term developed mainly in…
Politics in Ireland : the must-haves
The Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It grew out of the anti-Treaty elements of the Irish…
Irish independence Legal texts
The status of Westminster (1931)
The Statute of Westminter (December 11, 1931) recognized the independence of all the dominions of the British Empire, of which the Free…
The Real IRA
The Real IRA, also known as RIRA or IRA Véritable in French, is a dissident branch of the IRA. This faction is…
Armed militias in Ireland Irish independence
Black and Tans
“Black and Tans” is the name given to a British army of the 1920s. Sadly notorious for its acts of extreme violence,…
The Dàil Eireann
The Dáil Éireann (Gaelic name) is the Irish National Assembly of the Republic of Ireland. Although this assembly had a stormy start,…
Young Ireland
Young Ireland was an Irish political movement with revolutionary and nationalist ideologies that existed in the mid-19th century. His wish was to…
The Lisbon Treaty (2009)
The Lisbon Treaty is a fundamental agreement that has modified the institutional framework of the European Union (EU). Signed on December 13,…
Armed militias in Ireland Irish independence
The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles were an Irish brigade founded by Michael Collins in July 1919. More precisely, it’s an Irish Republican Army unit…
Armed militias in Ireland Irish independence
The Cumann na mBan
The Cumann na mBan was an all-female Irish nationalist militia that operated between 1910 and 1920. Part of the Irish Volunteers (a…