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Working toward indep
Junior Cert History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| De Valera | Sinn Fein leader |
| Michael Collins | Wanted a republic |
| Republic | To not have a monarch as a leader |
| Dail | Parliament |
| IRA | Military wing of Sinn Fein |
| RIC | Royal Irish Constabulary |
| Guerilla attacks | Surprise attacks |
| Minister for Finance | Michael Collins |
| Squad | 12 assassins run by Collins |
| Black'n'Tans | British soldiers sent to Ireland to fight the IRA |
| Tomas Mac Curtain | Lord Mayor of Cork, murdered by RIC |
| Bloody Sunday, 1920 | Squad killed 12 spies and Black 'n' Tans killed 14 civilians in Croke Park |
| Michael Hogan | Tipperary player killed on Bloody Sunday |
| Government of Ireland Act, 1920 | 6 counties formed as State of Northern Ireland |
| Anglo-Irish Treaty | Signed 6th December, 1921 |
| Treaty ports | Berehaven and Cobh in Cork and Lough Swilly |
| Civil War | War in a country between itself |
| Irregulars | Anti-Treaty |
| Cumann na nGaedhael | Pro-Treaty party |