What? The Anglo-Irish Agreement. Not to be confused with The Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921). When? Signed on 15th November 1985. Where? Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. Why? Both the UK government and the Irish government had been alarmed by the electoral and PR…
Category: Beginner’s Guide
A Beginner’s Guide to the Gallipoli Campaign
What? The Battle of Gallipoli. Also known as? The Dardanelles Campaign Where? I suppose you’re going to say “Gallipoli” aren’t you? Yes — the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now Turkey, which forms the nothern bank of the Dardanelles Strait,…
A Beginner’s Guide to the Irish Volunteers
“Aye, sor! Me, sor! Oi’ll do it, so I will!” What was that? Irish volunteering That’s not funny. Sorry. I’m paying attention now. Ask the standard questions then. What? A paramilitary organisation formed by Irish nationalists. When? November 1913. Where?…
A Beginner’s Guide to Plantations in Ireland
I’ve been mulling over a longer post on this topic, but it’s taking a while, so I decided to write something shorter, more along the lines of a “for Dummies” or The Guardian’s Pass Notes series. So here goes: Plantations…