Irish War of Independence

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/irish-war-of-independence

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the conflict dates?January 21, 1919 – July 11, 1921
2. What is the geographic scope?The island of Ireland, with particular intensity in Munster, Dublin, and Belfast
3. Why did the Irish want independence?After the 1916 Easter Rising and the British execution of its leaders, many Irish people supported the idea of an independent Irish Republic.
4. Who were the IRA and what did they do?The Irish Republican Army was a group of volunteers who used guerrilla tactics like ambushes and attacks on British patrols to weaken British control.

Asymmetric Warfare: Conflict between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly.
Dáil Éireann: The lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), established by Sinn Féin as the government of the Irish Republic.
Partition: The division of Ireland into two separate political entities: Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.