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3 The IRA was declared illegal in the _____ and a
Special Powers Act was passed. 1922
5 The IRA was declared _______ in the Irish Free
State. 1936
7 The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in ______ on
6th December. 1921
8 The Dáil Éireann________ the Treaty on January
7th. 1922
10 Michael_______ was killed in an ambush. 1922
14 bodies were set up in both parts of _______
including An Taisce and the Ulster Transport
Authority. 1948
15 The Irish Government leased a residence in the
_______Park to the United States government
for ninety-nine years. 1949
16 In the general election, ____Féin won 73 seats,
as against 31 unionists and six home rulers.
1918
18 The Republic of Ireland Act repealed the External
Relations Act of 1936 and provided for the
declaration of a ________. 1948
23 A truce was declared between the IRA and the
_______ army. 1921
24 Germany _______Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Louth,
Meath, Wexford and Wicklow. 1941
27 The Irish ________ company Córas Iompair
Éireann was set up. 1944
29 Erskine Childers was executed for unlawful
possession of a ________.
30 Éire had a general election. John A. _______
became Taoiseach. 1948
32 On the 17th of April, twenty-six countries officially
left the _______ Commonwealth. 1949
33 The Irish Free State was admitted to the _______
of Nations. 1923
36 William Thomas _________ was elected head of
the provisional government. 1922
37 ____ MacBride founded the Clann na Poblachta.
1946
40 The ______Síochána were established. 1923
45 De Valera entered the Dáil with Fianna Fáil the
largest __________ party. 1927
46 In a radio address, Winston Churchill criticized
Ireland for its __________ 1945
48 Two emergency bills against the ____ were
passed. 1940
49 The ______Act was passed. Clauses, especially
those relating to mother and child services took
away influence from the Church 1947
50 Terence MacSwiney, mayor of Cork, died on
______strike. 1919
52 O’Duffy and his followers left for _____ in
November to fight for Franco. In December,
Frank Ryan’s left-wing unit joined government
forces in Spain. 1936
53 The Civil ___ began on June 28th. 1922
56 The first of seventy-seven __________ of fighters
opposed to the Treaty took place. 1922
57 Ireland applied to join the United _______ and
was admitted nine years later. 1946
59 German ______ fell on Dublin, killing 34. 1941
60 The National Guard was declared ________.
1933
61 December, the IRA raided Magazine Fort in
Phoenix Park. 1939
62 A general _______ took place in the Irish Free
State
63 The Government of Ireland Act organized
subordinate ___________ for Dublin and Belfast.
1919
66 Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, de
Valera announced that his government would be
neutral. 1939
67 ______
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1 The ________ parliament building was formally
opened by the Prince of Wales. 1932
2 The United Irish Party (later ____ Gael) launched
with O’Duffy as president. 1933
4 Douglas ____ became the first president of Éire.
1938
6 The Irish __________ became known as the Irish
Republican Army. 1919
8 The Irish Free State minister for justice, Kevin
O’Higgins, was ___________. 1927
9 The _____ War ended in May. 1923
11 Strikes and riots took place in Northern Ireland
over high ___________. 1932
12 Proportional representation in parliamentary
elections was ________in Northern Ireland.
1929
13 Ireland became one of many countries to benefit
from the _______ Plan 1949
15 When de Valera withheld the _______ of land
annuities to the British government, an economic
war with Britain began. 1932
17 The War of ____________ began with an
ambush at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. 1919
19 Seán T. O’Kelly became _________ of Éire.
1945
20 The _____ and Tans were enlisted. to curb
disturbances in Derry and Belfast. 1919
21 The Black and Tans fired on a crowd at a Gaelic
football match in _____ Park, killing twelve
people on “Bloody Sunday”1919
22 An _________ to the Dublin and Belfast
parliaments took place. 1921
23 Sir Basil _______ became PM of Northern
Ireland. He would remain in that position for
twenty years. 1943
25 James Craig became Prime ________ of
Northern Ireland and George V opened its
parliament. 1921
26 The Constitution of the Irish Free _____ was
approved by the Dáil. 1922
28 The Irish ____ State appointed its first censorship
board. 1930
30 Great Britain’s Ireland Act conferred
___________ of the UK and Colonies on all
persons who had been: born in the Republic of
Ireland before 6th December 1922. . 1949
31 The Irish Free State Constitution Act (UK) ratified
the constitution and the Anglo-Irish ______.
1922
34 De Valera protested against________ troops
arriving in Northern Ireland. 1942
35 ______ names in any language other than
English were prohibited by an Amendment to a
Bill passed in the Senate of Northern Ireland.
1949
38 The Second World War, known in Ireland as the
_________, came to an end. 1945
39 More than 700 people were killed by Nazi
bombing in ______ Dublin and Dun Laoghaire
fire brigades went to assist. 1941
41 The ____ Comrades Association was formed.
1932
42 The Army ________Association adopted a blue
shirt and black beret as its dress and took on the
name ‘National Guard. 1933
43 The Boundary _________ met for the first time.
1924
44 The Irish Free State Constitutional Amendment
Act removed all references from the constitution
to the _____ and the governor general. 1936
47 Sinn Féin representatives met as Dáil Éireann,
which adopted a provisional ___________ and
declared independence. 1919
51 There was an Anglo-_____ agreement on ‘treaty
ports’, finance and trade. 1938
54 The UK, the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
agreed to maintain the existing _________
between the two parts of Ireland. 1925
55 The IRA destroyed the ______ House in Dublin.
1921
58 the 21st of November, fourteen British secret
service agents were shot dead by the IRA. 1919
61 The Black and ____ sacked Cork. 1919
64 The Irish Free State was elected to the council of
the _______ of Nations. 1930
65 IRA initiated a bombing campaign in Britain. An
explosion in Coventry killed five people. 1939
