feb 14, 1922 - Irish Civil war

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1922

Jun 28 In Northern Ireland, members of the Irish Republican Army have been responsible for numerous murders, bombings, shootings and incendiary fires. They oppose the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in December. They don't want a settlement that compromises the independence of a unified Ireland. Today Ireland's civil war begins in Ireland's capital, Dublin, when Ireland's government (which made the treaty with Britain) using artillery loaned by the British, begins to bombard the Irish Republican Army forces occupying government buildings. The fighting in Dublin will last until July 5. The civil war will extend well into 1923.

Aug 7 At the Waterville landing station in southwestern Ireland, the Irish Republican Army cuts the Atlantic cable link between the United States and Europe. This will serve nobody's interests.

1923

May 24 In Ireland, Irish Republican Army (IRA) fighters, who oppose the 1921 treaty with Britain, have been told by their leader, Frank Aiken, to "dump arms" and return home. They are told that "further sacrifice on your part would be in vain." The Irish Civil War ends.

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