ACCT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Royal Irish Constabulary, Bewildered, Anglo-Irish Treaty
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Sinn f in ("we for ourselves : 1905: sinn f in founded by arthur griffith, a dublin printer and editor of the nationalist paper the united irishman since 1899, the most important political movement to emerge from the cultural renaissance. The group did not advocate violence as proposed by the irb. 1908: irish transport and general workers union (itgwu) founded by jim larkin and. 1913: itgwu had over 10,000 members, esp. in dublin and belfast. 1913: irish citizen army founded to protect strikers from police brutality. Strikers receive support from the artistic community ( w. b. yeats, bernard shaw) Constitutional nationalism: 1906: liberal party returned to office, 1913: house of commons passed the. Home rule bill: veto of house of lords only valid for one year (since 1911 reform act, home rule bill to come into effect in 1914, prevented by outbreak of the first world.