What events happened in Ireland from 1905 to 1921?

Answer 1

Well, 1905 to 1911 was relatively uneventful, apart from a number of land acts which consolidated tennant proprietership in Ireland. Then in 1911 the Parliament Act was introduced in Westminster, which prohibited the power of the House of Lords, taking away their right to veto bills coming from the House of Commons, and only allowing them to delay them for two years. Thus when a third Home Rule Bill was introduced in 1912, it was set to become law in 1914. Due to this, Unionists around the country formed the UVF to fight Home Rule, and in retaliation, the nationalists formed the Irish Volunteers to fight on their behalf. Also at this time there was an industrial revolution taking place in Southern Ireland, with the advent of trade unions, which led to the Strike and Lockout of 1913. In 1914, WWI started and Home Rule was put off. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party advised the Irish to fight on behalf of Britain, which led to a split in the Irish Volunteers. In 1915, a group of rebels known as the IRB came together, and, using the remaining Irish Volunteers, planned the uprising of Easter 1916. At first public opinion was very much against the rising, but this changed, after the British blundered by executing the leaders, putting a curfew on Irish cities and interning many innocent Irish citizens. This rising became known (mistakenly) as the Sinn Fein rising, which led to a huge increase in popularity for the party. They built on this by mounting a successful campaign against a British attempt to introduce conscription to Ireland in 1917. This hugely contributed to their success in the 1918 general elections, where they won over 70 of the seats. They practised a policy of abstention and formed their own parliament, the Dail, which met for the first time in January 1919, on the same day as the first shots of the war of Independence were fired in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. The war continued up until a truce was declared in July 1921, after which the Irish sent a contingent over to Britain for talks which led to Anglo Irish Treaty of 1921 which became the basis for the Irish Civil War. Action packed years! : )