Irish History since 1880

  • Lord Cavendish (British Chief Secretary) was assassinated

  • Sinn Féin (republican political movement) was formed

  • Home Rule was passed into law

  • The Easter Rising

    War against the British
  • Ireland was not independent because the Home Rule wasn't granted

    The IRA (Irish Republican Army) was founded
  • Sinn Féin-candidates were elected into the parliament

  • The signing of The Anglo-Irish Treaty

    6 months before, on 11 July, a truce was signed between Ireland and England.
  • Civil War in Ireland

    ...because of anti-treaty supporters and pro-treaty supporters