David Lloyd George

Hot-headed and untrustworthy, London now behaves as it used to regard the Irish

Hannah Carey was shot dead outside the Imperial Hotel in Killarney on July 11th, 1921

Frances Stevenson’s diary on the Lloyd George-de Valera summit of 1921 offers rare insights

Cheering crowds greeted news of possible truce between British and Irish

Regular members of RIC were blamed for killing in Blackpool on March 24th, 1920

The funerals of British intelligence officers had an appalling symmetry with the London procession to mark the return to Ireland of the body of Terence MacSwiney

Did Lloyd George mesmerise Collins, or did Collins silently acquiesce to his pressure tactics?

Allegations of secret dealings by Arthur Griffith are false, says biographer

The royal visit for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament in 1921 was of great significance to Ulster unionists, though the target audience may have been Sinn Féin

A mistake, cowardice or duplicity – historical opinion is divided

How the IRA helped cause the British to sue for peace in the War of Independence

The British team was skilled. It was not smart politics to leave our leading statesman at home

100 years ago: How the Irish Border went from idea stage to fixture

An Irishman’s Diary: Ireland’s biggest county had become the British army’s biggest security headache

Newly released files detail role of Birmingham gangs in the War of Independence

Ireland is still living with the consequences of the Government of Ireland Act

An Irishman’s Diary

Des Smith’s grandfather Thomas Smith was shot dead in the boarding house he owned

Backlash left IRA reeling and enhanced British intelligence. Then talk turned to truce

12 regular assassins were assisted by part-timers for ‘jobs’ including Bloody Sunday

Documentary by former UK minister examines War of Independence from Britain’s point of view

The Act, brought in by David Lloyd George’s government in an attempt to address the Ulster question, caused great confusion and was widely condemned both north and south

It invokes such partiality that, 100 years later, untangling its knotted legacy is not easy

When the long-established RIC proved not up to the task of crushing the IRA, the British government made the fateful and fatal decision to draft in the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries

Although there were few casualties, the year marked a point of no return and made a confrontation between the British state and the Irish counterstate inevitable

RIC and DMP were tasked with opposing IRA in War of Independence

What was Collins’s ‘freedom to achieve freedom’ speech all about?

Belfast pogrom’s most infamous incident cast a dark shadow over the extended family

Dublin Theatre Festival: Justin Butcher serves as an energetic guide along the Roman roads out of Europe

Best-known for ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’, Davies had hit single with ‘Whispering Grass’

With the threat of a hard border looming, we look at how Northern Ireland came to this

Volunteer Martin Savage (21) was killed when a bullet entered his neck at Ashtown in 1919

By 1918 the SF new breed are not interested in devolution or any variety of home rule

US president visited Turnberry earlier this week and is latest in long line of enthusiasts

A forgotten casualty of Germany’s ‘March Offensive’ was the Irish Parliamentary Party

Centenary of Irish Convention conference addressed by two former taoisigh

They had no choice but to reach some accommodation with nationalist Ireland

Will Theresa May’s newfound interest in Ireland pay dividends?