Events from the year 1920 in Ireland. 2 January – Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers of the 1st Cork Brigade (commanded by Mick Leahy) captured Carrigtwohill...
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Ireland Act 1920 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland";...
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conflict in what is now Northern Ireland from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the partition of Ireland. It was...
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Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. More than 30 people...
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Éireann, and declared Ireland an independent republic. Britain passed a Fourth Home Rule Bill, the Government of Ireland Act 1920, aimed at creating separate...
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The 1920 Cork hunger strike occurred in late 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, when 65 men interned without trial in Cork County Gaol went on...
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The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920. In the first election held...
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The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican...
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Northern Ireland, partition was accompanied by violence "in defence or opposition to the new settlement" – see The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)...
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Elections were held in January and June 1920 for the various county and district councils of Ireland. The elections were organised by the Dublin Castle...
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Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It comprised 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland or about five-sixths of the area of the island...
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see History of Ireland. See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland, alongside Irish heads of state, and the list of years in Ireland. Prehistory /...
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Ireland (/ˈaɪərlənd/ IRE-lənd; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe...
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British–Irish Governmental Conference (BIIG). Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating...
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In large part unionists, at least in the north-east, supported its creation while nationalists were opposed. The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)...
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Northern Ireland, until mid-1922 (see The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)). In the rest of Ireland, the war was followed by the Irish Civil War...
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1920 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1920. 1920 (MCMXX) was...
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Restoration of Order in Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 31) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 9 August 1920 to address the collapse...
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Notes (Ireland) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which removed any obligation for a bank of issue in Ireland...
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Black and Tans (redirect from Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force)
Scotland and Wales who had fought in the First World War. Some sources count Irish recruits to the RIC from 1920 as 'Black and Tans'. The Black and Tans...
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Government of Ireland Act 1920; however, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as with governors-general in other Westminster systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint...
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No home ground Distillery The 1920–21 Irish League was the 27th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football. The league...
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The year 1920 in film involved some significant events. The top five films released in 1920 by U.S. gross are as follows: March 28 – "America's Sweetheart"...
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The 1920 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the...
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of Ireland, Roman Catholics were excluded being able to hold the office from Glorious Revolution in 1688 until the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Until...
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Ulster Volunteers (category 1912 establishments in the United Kingdom)
Ireland into two self-governing regions: Northern Ireland (which overall had a Protestant/unionist majority) and Southern Ireland. However, by 1920 the...
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The 1920–21 Irish Cup was the 41st edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football. Glentoran won the tournament for...
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allegiance to the Irish Republic and its government in "August 1920". In sharp contrast, a contemporary in the struggle for Irish independence notes...
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both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, having been unaffected by the partition of Ireland in 1920–22. There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions...
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