#The war of independence pro con series#

#The war of independence pro con series#

From this point the violence and death toll escalated, and when British Prime Minister Davd Lloyd George suggested a conference between the two governments Sinn FГ©in agreed, and a Truce was called in July 1921.ДЄ series of meetings were held and in October an official delegation, headed by Arthur Griffith and including Michael Collins, was formed to carry out the negotiations with the British government. In December that year, after the events of Bloody Sunday, Ireland was placed under Martial law. In 1920 the RIC received reinforcements in the form of the British recruited Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries a division made up of ex-British Army Officers, and the conflict intensified. A series of actions in the form of raids and reprisals followed over the next year. The War of Independence is generally recognised by historians as having started on 21 January 1919 in Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary, when seven members of the IRA shot and killed two RIC constables. Griffth became Acting President during the War of Independence, and was again imprisoned from December 1920 until July 1921. Instead of taking their seats in the House of Commons, the Sinn FГ©in MPs established DГЎil Г‰ireann as the government of the Irish Republic on 21 January 1919 with de Valera as President. After his release he became Vice-President of Sinn FГ©in under Г‰amon de Valera, and was elected as MP for East Cavan. Despite this his connection with Sinn FГ©in, whom the British authorities believed were responsible for the rising, led to his arrest and internment in Reading Jail until 1917. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913, but did not take part in the 1916 Rising. Having worked as a printer, he established a series of nationalist newspapers, including United Irishman, Sinn FГ©in, Г‰ire and Nationality. He had been involved in nationalist movements from an early stage he was a member of the Gaelic League and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, co-founded Cumann na nGaedheal in 1900, and founded the political movement Sinn FГ©in in 1905.

What I have signed I shall stand by in the belief that the end of the conflict of centuries is at handвЂќ.ДЄrthur Griffith, born in Dublin in 1871, was a journalist and politician. I believe that treaty will lay foundations of peace and friendship between the two Nations. вЂњI have signed a Treaty of peace between Ireland and Great Britain. Written for issue to the World Press immediately after signing the Treaty on 6 December, it reads: This note, hastily written by Arthur Griffith, was the first message to the public on the outcome of the negotiations which led to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. Arthur GriffithвЂ™s statement told the world that the war between Ireland and Britain was at an end.