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| − | The '''Irish Volunteers''' was a [[paramilitary]] organisation founded in [[Ireland]] in 1913 in reponse to the establishment in 1912 of the [[Ulster Volunteers]], a paramilitary body pledged to fight any attempt to force [[Ulster]] to submit to a proposed [[Home Rule]] government in [[Dublin]] (the 'Home Rule' policy being proposed by the British Government sought to give certain powers of internal self-government to Ireland, which would still remain within the [[United Kingdom]]). It was dominated by members of the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]], a republican secret society, and fought alongside the [[Irish Citizen Army]] in the [[Easter Rising]] of 1916. | + | The '''Irish Volunteers''' was a [[paramilitary]] organisation founded in [[Ireland]] in 1913 in reponse to the establishment in 1912 of the [[Ulster Volunteers]], a paramilitary body pledged to fight any attempt to force [[Ulster]] to submit to a proposed [[Home Rule]] government in [[Dublin]] (the 'Home Rule' policy being proposed by the British Government sought to give certain powers of internal self-government to Ireland, which would still remain within the [[United Kingdom]]). It was dominated by members of the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]], a republican secret society, and fought alongside the [[Irish Citizen Army]] in the failed [[Easter Rising]] of 1916. In 1919 the Irish Volunteers were reconstituted as the [[Irish Republican Army]]. |
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Revision as of 15:59, June 10, 2008
The Irish Volunteers was a paramilitary organisation founded in Ireland in 1913 in reponse to the establishment in 1912 of the Ulster Volunteers, a paramilitary body pledged to fight any attempt to force Ulster to submit to a proposed Home Rule government in Dublin (the 'Home Rule' policy being proposed by the British Government sought to give certain powers of internal self-government to Ireland, which would still remain within the United Kingdom). It was dominated by members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a republican secret society, and fought alongside the Irish Citizen Army in the failed Easter Rising of 1916. In 1919 the Irish Volunteers were reconstituted as the Irish Republican Army.