Irish Republic

:This article is about the historical Irish Republic. For the modern Irish state, see: Republic of Ireland1. The terms are not synonomous.

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Republic of Ireland - 1

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The Irish Republic (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann) was a revolutionary state established by Irish nationalists seeking independence from the United Kingdom in the 1910s. (At the same time, the Irish Parliamentary Party had the aim of achieving self-government through parliamentary procedures while remaining part of the United Kingdom). The War of Independence of 1919-1922 was a war waged between Great Britain and the army of this revolutionary state, the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Irish - Irish nationalist - United Kingdom - Irish Parliamentary Party - War of Independence - 1919 - 1922 - Great Britain - Irish Republican Army

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During the war, the new republic established political organs that enjoyed the support of much of the Irish public, and received recognition from the Russian SFSR. However no other state recognised the Irish Republic and it did not succeed in removing the British presence from all of Ireland. Furthermore, despite comprising nominally the whole island of Ireland, the republic's influence did not extend to much of the Unionist dominated north-east of the island. The Irish Republic is generally considered to have come to an end in 1922 at the latest, when it was superseded by the Irish Free State.

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Russian SFSR - Ireland - Unionist - 1922 - Irish Free State

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