The Irish Revolution Channel's video: What Caused the Irish War of Independence

https://paypal.me/IrishRevolution Please consider supporting the channel. Anything you contribute would be a great help. Here's a glossary of terms: RIC - Royal Irish Constabulary (Irish Police) RUC - Royal Ulster Constabulary (Northern Irish police - created later) A Specials - Full time special police created for Ulster B Specials - Part time Ulster 'paramilitary' police C Specials - A sort of Ulster reserve police who weren't really used IRA - Irish Republican Army - previously the Irish Volunteers Unionist - Those loyal to the British crown, who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom Republican - Those who desired an independent Irish Republic Nationalist - also the Home Rulers, who wanted a devolved administration in Dublin. Sinn Fein - The political wing of the IRA, Republicans. What caused the Irish War of Independence? (Also sometimes known as the 'Anglo-Irish War' or the 'Tan War') How significant was the conscription crisis? Did the Irish Parliamentary Party roll over for the emerging force of Sinn Féin? In this video I talk about the various causes of the Irish War of Independence, which was to break out in January 1919. Twitter: http://twitter.com/IrishRevYouTube Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Irish-Revolution-622343078111039 1918 election graphic By JandK87 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12367751 German Empire map By Blank_map_of_Europe.svg: maix¿?derivative work: Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.ð?n/ (talk) - Blank_map_of_Europe.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17140432 1917 election literature taken from irishelectionliterature.com WW1 Recruitment Propaganda By The artist is unknown[2]Printer: Hely's LimitedRestoration: Adam CuerdenPlease credit both of these when reusing this. - Original scan, Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668413/, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38191625 Many thanks to irishelectionliterature.com - They have some great content over there. Full credit given to Wikimedia Commons, NLI Flickr page, the bureau of military history...