1919: a slow-burning start to the War of Independence
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
Black and Tans tainted reputation of RIC and DMP police forces
No Irish Government has saw fit to honour member of either service until now
Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambush
The Tipperary files: Marian Tobin cited written testimonial from both Breen in her application for a military pension
Soloheadbeg: ‘Wicked’ beginning of the War of Independence
The ambush in the Tipperary town left two Royal Irish Constabulary constables dead
Blow by blow: Timeline of the War of Independence
How the war began and how it progressed over the course of 1919
When the RIC was no longer seen as a benign force
The Soloheadbeg ambush, in which two RIC men died, had a new element of ruthlessness
Major crowd gathers to mark centenary of Soloheadbeg ambush
Over 1,000 people attend as families of all involved commemorate momentous episode
Rossport to Soloheadbeg: Vincent McGrath recalls fallen relative
‘I often heard my grandmother say she didn’t like Dan Breen because he killed her uncle’
Soloheadbeg ambush: what really happened in January 1919?
‘It was accidental and should not have happened,’ says Seumas Robinson’s daughter
Soloheadbeg group says decision by President Higgins not to attend ‘a missed opportunity’
Killing of two policemen in ambush started War of Independence and remains controversial
Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitation
President not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish Constabulary
2019 will be centenary central as Ireland remembers turbulent past
Government advised it should largely leave War of Independence centenaries to local communities
Flashpoints imminent in Ireland’s decade of centenaries
Soloheadbeg ambush in January 1919 among most controversial episodes in period
Alison Spittle: ‘If you’re friends with a mad bastard, that’s your cross to bear’
The comedian on her new TV show 'Nowhere Fast', a sitcom about women, friendship, and where the men are little more than love interests
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