In honor of St. Patrick's Day.
Picture of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914. The phrase: "We serve neither King nor Kaiser, but Ireland" would be used by Irish isolationists in the interwar period, during the Second Great War, at least before the 1941 British invasion of Ireland, and after the Second Great War.
O'Connell Street, Dublin, after the Easter Rising. The Easter Rising was crushed in 1916, but it would be the spark that would lead to the Greater Irish rebellion.
Picture of pro-British rebels in Northern Ireland during the 1924 Irish rebellion.
Picture of Irish forces in the defense of Cork during the 1941 British invasion of Ireland.
Aftermath of the defense of Cork, late 1941.
Picture of anti-British resistance in Ireland, 1943.
Picture of British collaborators, Belfast, April 1942.
Picture of Lisburn following its capture in mid-June 1941.
Picture of British troops withdrawing from Ireland in 1945, shortly after the singing of the 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties.
Picture of the Irish President inspecting troops outside Belfast City Hall on the day Northern Ireland's parliament first met. The 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties restored Ireland's independence; however, Northern Ireland was given autonomous status to stop future uprisings.
Picture of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914. The phrase: "We serve neither King nor Kaiser, but Ireland" would be used by Irish isolationists in the interwar period, during the Second Great War, at least before the 1941 British invasion of Ireland, and after the Second Great War.
O'Connell Street, Dublin, after the Easter Rising. The Easter Rising was crushed in 1916, but it would be the spark that would lead to the Greater Irish rebellion.
Picture of pro-British rebels in Northern Ireland during the 1924 Irish rebellion.
Picture of Irish forces in the defense of Cork during the 1941 British invasion of Ireland.
Aftermath of the defense of Cork, late 1941.
Picture of anti-British resistance in Ireland, 1943.
Picture of British collaborators, Belfast, April 1942.
Picture of Lisburn following its capture in mid-June 1941.
Picture of British troops withdrawing from Ireland in 1945, shortly after the singing of the 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties.
Picture of the Irish President inspecting troops outside Belfast City Hall on the day Northern Ireland's parliament first met. The 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties restored Ireland's independence; however, Northern Ireland was given autonomous status to stop future uprisings.
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