THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 26
1920
IRELAND ON FIRE
The IRA attacks public buildings across the country
Newspapers:
- Freeman's Journal, 5 April 1920
- Belfast Newsletter, 5 April 1920
Birth of the Irish Republic
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'A blazing response from the press': the War of Independence takes a violent new turn
'The war ignites': a wave of arson escalates the conflict
'The Rising in pictures': Irish artists, some of them eye-witnesses, depict the events of Easter 1916