History- The Irish war of independance

IRA

Group set up to fight for Irish independence (Irish republican army)

Dáil

Irish parliament set up afer 1918 general election , declared illegal by british government

Guerilla warfare

Type of fighting used by IRA , used ambush and hit and run tactics

Flying Column

Small group of IRA men who travelled the country side attacking police and army

The squad

Small group of assassins who shot British spies

Auxiliaries

Officers who fought with the Black and Tans

Black and Tans

British soldiers who came to Ireland to fight the IRA

Bloody Sunday

21 Nov 1920 , 30 people were killed by the squad and Black and Tans in Dublin

Partition

The idea of splitting Ireland into two different countries

The 1920 Government of Ireland act

That there would be a Home Rule parliament in Ulster and one for the rest of Ireland

Boundary Commission

A group who were supposed to decide the border between Northern Ireland and the rest of country

Anglo-Irish Treaty

The agreement that brought the Irish War of Independence to an end

The Irish free state

New 26 country independent Irish state created by the Anglo Irish treaty

Oath of Allegiance

Promise Irish TDs had to make to be loyal to the king of Britain

Governor General

British kings representative in Ireland

Treaty ports

Three Irish ports which the British kept control of after the Anglo- Irish treaty

Pro-Treaty

Irish people who supported the Anglo-Irish treaty

Anti-treaty

Irish people who opposed the Anglo-Irish treaty

Irregulars

IRA members who opposed the Anglo treaty in the civil war

Dominion

Self-governing country under the British crown