The Irish War of Independence begins in Dublin on January 21, 1919, when Sinn Féin established an independent Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann). On the same day the first shots were fired at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary, by IRA volunteers killing two Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers. More
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