For my own reference as much as anyone else’s I’ve drawn up a list of dates within the much-discussed ‘Decade of Commemorations’, aka ‘Decade of Centenaries’ (which seems to last more than ten years, but never mind):
- 1912
- Introduction of third Government of Ireland Bill
- September onwards: Signing of the Ulster Covenant
- 1913
- January: Formation of Ulster Volunteer Force
- November: Formation of Irish Citizen Army
- November: Formation of Irish Volunteers
- August 1913-January 1914
- Dublin Lockout
- 1914
- Passing and suspension of Third Home Rule Bill
- September: Split in Irish Volunteers
- 1914–18
- First World War
- 1916
- 24 April–30 April: The Easter Rising
- July-November: Battle of the Somme
- December 1918
- General election across Britain and Ireland
- 1919–1921
- Dáil Éireann (‘first Dáil’)
- 1919–1921
- The Anglo-Irish War/War of Independence
- December 1920
- Partition of Ireland
- 1921
- Truce and negotiation of Anglo-Irish Treaty
- 1922
- Establishment of Irish Free State
- June: ‘Pact’ election
- Start of Civil War
- August: Deaths of Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins
- December: Secession of Northern Ireland
- May 1923
- End of Civil War
One can of course argue about whether all of these deserve to be commemorated, and how. The list could also be expanded by, for example, including significant events within the War of Independence or the Civil War, but I wanted to keep it manageable. (That doesn’t preclude me adding to it, however.)
If anyone wants a copy for reference, teaching, whatever, a pdf can be downloaded from here.
Ireland's Decade of Commemoration: A List of Anniversaries by Bruce Gaston
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