Irish War of Independence

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Was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British forces that led to the indipendence of Ireland (with the exception of Ulster, that remained part of the United Kingdom).

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January 1919: The Irish Republic was a revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919. The Republic claimed jurisdiction over the whole island of Ireland, but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of Ireland's 32 counties.

January 1919: 21 January 1919 –- 11 July 1921: fought in Ireland between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC). It was an escalation of the Irish revolutionary period into warfare.