1919
Death of Eamon de Valera
Irish Volunteers shoot 2 policemen dead & civil war erupts
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Soloheadbeg in Ireland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Irish Volunteers shoot 2 policemen dead & civil war erupts
The Irish War of Independence begins on the same day the First Dail meets, when two policemen guarding a consignment of gelignite are shot dead by IRA volunteers acting without orders
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