1922 AD - 7 / September to December
"Irish Free State Official."
1922 AD September: With
the recent shock death of Michael Collins,
the
Commander In Chief
of the
Irish National Army,
General
Richard Mulcahy
who was
the Commander of the Irish National Army,
was hoping now
that common sense would prevail,
and in an attempt to end the "hostility" emanating from the
"Anti - Treaty
I.R.A. Irregulars" he met with the original
"Anti -
Treaty leader, Eamonn de Valera
at
Dr. Farnan's
in Merrion Square
in
Dublin,
but once again, Eamonn de Valera
flatly denied the
"Anglo - Irish
Treaty" but in the meantime, Liam Lynch
as the Chief of Staff
of the
"Anti - Treaty Irregular - IRA"
issued an order "prohibiting" any
reprisals.
September
9th:
William Thomas
Cosgrave,
the Chairman
and
Minister of Finance
of the
Irish
Provisional
Government now came forward to maintain "stability" as the
Chairman and the
President of the
3rd Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly
until
1923
and "founded" the "political"
Cumann na nGaedheal
Party
to take up the office in the Irish Free
State,
and
due to the recent shocking demise of
Michael Collins he totally "refused" to try and make any further attempts
at
"peace" with
the staid
Eamonn de Valera, who also now came out and also
"denounced" the Irish
Free State
Government
as a
British
tool,The
Irish
Provisional Government now under
William T. Cosgrave,
authorised the
Irish National Army / I.N.A. to "execute" any
prisoners they captured who were carrying "guns" or
"attacking" the
Irish National Army
on public or private
property, and also introduced the "Emergency Powers Bill.
The Irish Parliamentary Party, that had been originally so very strong, had by now totally "disintegrated."
October 3rd: William T. Cosgrave as the Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government offered "Amnesty" to all of the "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars," as it was intended to begin Military Courts on October 15th, and he also stated that if any "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregular" operations occurred where there were any "Anti - Treaty" prisoners being held they could be "executed."
Windham Thomas Wyndham Quin
and
William Butler Yeats
were to become
"Senators"
in the Irish Free State,
but the great old Labour
stalwart,
William O Brien,
"declined" the opportunity.
October: In England,
David Lloyd -
George
the
British Imperial
Coalition Prime Minister
was forced to "resign" over the debacle that
had recently occurred in
Turkey under his leadership, and Andrew Bonar - Law the
"Conservative" leader was to now become the new British Conservative Prime Minister until
1923.
October 17th:
The Anti - Treaty Irregular
- IRA Army Executive
met at
Mrs.
Nugent's
house in
Ballybacon, were
Eammon de Valera now put forward a new
proposal that they should set up a rival, "Emergency
Republican Government," with him as the
President,
although he now had no popular support in
Ireland.
October 22nd:
The
Irish Catholic Bishops came out in
"support" of the
Irish
Provisional
Government and the
Irish Free State and "denounced" the "Anti - Treaty
Irregular - IRA.
"
November:
An
illegitimate "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregular" rival
"Emergency Republican
Government" was now set up with
Eammon de Valera as it's
President,
Austin Stack
as their
Minister for Finance,
P.J. Rutledge
as their
Minister for Home Affairs,
Sean T. O Kelly
as their
Minister for Local Government,
Robert Barton
as their
Minister for Economic Affairs,
and
Liam Mellows
as their
Minister of Defence
although he
was still locked up in "Mountjoy Jail,"
while
Liam Lynch
was to be their
Chief of Staff and become
responsible for their Defence.
November: 5
"Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars"
were "executed" by the
Irish Provisional Government,
so
Liam Lynch the
"Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregulars" Chief of Staff issued an order to the
"IRA - Irregular's"
Dublin Brigades for
9
members of the
Irish Provisional Government forces to also be
"executed,"
while another
2
Members of the Dail Eireann /
Irish Parliament
were to be "captured" and he
also gave permission for the
Commandant of the " IRA - Irregular's" 1st Dublin Brigade
to deal with all those who
had
"voted" for the decree, and the staid
Eammon de Valera once again, did not disapprove of
their actions and following on from this another
2
of
the "IRA - Irregulars" were
"executed" by the
Irish
Provisional Government.
November 10th:
Erskine Childers
was "arrested" at
Robert Barton's house
in
Amiamoe in
Co. Wicklow
in the south - east of Southern Leinster for issuing publicity in favour of the
"Anti - Treaty
IRA - Irregulars,"
although he was not supposed to be engaged in the conflict, but he had been sent to
Dublin
by
Liam Lynch
the "IRA - Irregulars" Chief of Staff to serve the cause
of the
"Anti - Treaty" group.
November 17th:
The "last" of the occupying
British
Imperial Government Army
Forces
were finally "gone" from Ireland, and the
Irish Provisional Government
began their
Military Courts
and 2
of the "Pro - Treaty" Deputies
who had voted for the Military Court
were then "shot" by the "Anti - Treaty
Irregular - IRA,"
including
Sean Hales
who was "killed" outright, while the other
Deputy
was only "wounded." and with the added death of
Sean Hales, this
immediately brought about the "execution" of
77 members of the "Anti - Treaty RA
-
Irregulars"
who had been previously "condemned" and the sudden shock
and determination of it all was
to basically bring about the
"end" to the
Irish "Civil War."
The "Anti - Treaty Irregular
- IRA"
now intended to "kill" all of the
members of the 3rd
Irish Dail
Eireann / Irish Parliament on site.
November 24th:
Erskine Childers,
although defended by
Michael Comyn,
was
also
"executed" at
Beggar's Bush Barracks for
carrying a "gun," that had been originally given to him by
Michael Collins
for his protection and Sean
Lemass who was to be
a future Prime
Minister of Ireland who was a comrade
of
the staid
Eamonn de Valera, and who had also been
"opposed" to the
Treaty, was also "imprisoned."
December
3rd:
An
Agreement was signed to retain the "artificial
border," which divided the
6
Counties
"artificially partitioned" by the
British Imperial Government from the whole 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province, to appease the
"Official" Ascendancy Unionists, who themselves
"would not" appoint a representative and
Eoin Mac Neill, who
was now the
Minister for Education
in the
Irish
Provisional
Government
was to "resign" after acting on their behalf
as its only representative against the
2
British
Imperial Government's appointed representatives,
where he was to be naturally "outvoted" as they attempted to
remove "further" territory also from
Co. Donegal,
which had been one
of the other
3 Counties
there in
Ulster Province that had too many
Catholic Irish in them
to ensure "total" Ascendancy control there.
December 5th: George V the German Saxe - Coburg King of Britain signed the Constitution of the Irish Free State under the British - Irish Free State Act.
December 6th:
The
Irish
Free State "officially" came into force and all of those who were
"elected" to serve in it's
Parliament were
now
"forced" to swear the
"Oath of Allegiance"
to the German
Saxe - Coburg British King before
Michael O Aodha the
Speaker, who had been authorised by the
British Governor - General
to
administer it but the "Republican Anti - Treaty"
members did not
attend. During the unrest of the
Irish "Civil
War," 10 - 11,000
"Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregular "supporters
had been
"arrested," and
Liam Lynch
the "IRA - Irregular" Chief of Staff had
always operated " independently" of the original "Anti - Treaty"
leader,
Eammon de Valera,
who was supposed to be the
President of
the "IRA - Irregular" rival "Emergency Republican
Government."
December 7th:
The "Official"
Unionist Government in the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in the
Ulster
Province, who were now to
continue on with the
Ascendancy in
Ireland, appealed to the
British Crown
to be "excluded" from the
Irish Free State.
December 8th: Rory O Connor, Liam Mellowes, Richard Barrett and Joseph Mac Kelvey the original "Anti - Treaty IRA - Irregular" leaders at the Four Courts garrison were now also "executed" in Mountjoy Jail, and the other "Irregular - IRA" members "attacked" the houses and property of the members of the Irish Free State Government, and Sean Mac Garry's young son was "burnt" to death in his own home during one of their raids and later on they were to even take "hostages" and Eamonn de Valera at this time asked Liam Lynch the "IRA - Irregular" Chief of Staff to "stop" these reprisals, but he "refused."
George Gavin Duffy "resigned" as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and also from the Irish Free State Government.
Maude Gonne Mac Bride became the 1st Secretary of the "Womens Prisoner Defence League."
Countess Markievicz had supported the "Irregular - IRA" in the "Civil War."
The Irish Free State Government under the Congested Districts Board. introduced "compulsory" land purchase and many of the previous Ascendancy families now left Ireland altogether.
Frank Fahy
from the
Gaelic League "Peace Committee" made
contact with
Austin Stack
to try and
arrange a "Truce,"
but
Liam Lynch
the Chief of
Staff for the "IRA - Irregulars" was determined
to continue on with the fight.
Liam Deasy, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Irish Free State Government, captured a "document" that was sent by the staid Eammon de Valera, addressed to the "Irregular - IRA" leaders, calling for their "surrender," but Liam Lynch not only said "No" but wanted to further extend the fight into England, to which the staid Eammon de Valera was in agreement.
Ireland was now divided into 2 "artificial" parts. (2 Parliaments), The 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province that were separated by the British Imperial Government from Ireland, and the German Saxe - Coburg British King George V was to "open" their newly formed Northern Ireland Parliament / Stormont in Belfast in Co. Antrim and Sir James Craig, who had succeeded Sir Edward Carson, as the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist leader under the control of the British Imperial Government, immediately proclaimed Martial Law there. "Elections" were held with the "Official" Unionists in "complete control," who naturally gained 16 seats to the "political" Sinn Fein Party's 4, and the Irish Nationalists 1. In the Local Government elections for the Commons there in these 6 Counties, that was composed of 52 seats, the "Official" Unionists controlled 34 seats, while in the Senate, that was composed of 46 seats the "Official" Unionists controlled 26 seats. Out of the Westminster House of Commons elections for 12 seats, the Ascendancy "Official" Unionists controlled the whole 12 seats. In Derry City the number of voters "allowed to vote" were: Non - Catholics 31,620. Catholics 18,479. Wards: Although there were actually 3 Wards they were only to be "elected" for 2. All of the Irish Nationalists "voters" were crammed into 1 Ward with only 8 members, while in the 2 "Official" Unionist Wards there was to be 12, giving a "majority" and the ability to always "outvote" and change the rules whenever it suited.
The Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Government, in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, under their leader Sir James Craig informed the British Imperial Government that they would go on the "offensive" if there was any "alteration" to the "artificial border" that was now used to separate the 6 Counties from the other 26 Counties of Ireland, and they also took this opportunity to "officially" opt out of the All Ireland Government, and the British Imperial Government then appointed James Hamilton the 3rd Duke of Abercorn as their Governor until 194?. Andrew Bonar - Law, who was now the British Conservative Imperial Prime Minister and the Conservatives dragged their feet over the "partition border" Boundary Commission, while Sr James Craig continued to "refuse" to nominate a representative to it. To firmly entrench the Ascendancy there in these 6 Counties in the Ulster Prvince under their control, their "first act" was to "abolish" Proportional Representation for "Local Elections."
Another 232
people
were to be "killed"
this year in these 6 Counties in
Ulster Province, including
5 "Official" Unionist M.P.s,
while
1,000 people there were
to be also "wounded" over their "voting rights."
70,000
"land holdings" now remained "unpurchased"
in the whole of Ireland, with
3/4
of these in the
Irish Free State,
and both Partitioned Governments in Ireland were to pass
"compulsory"
legislation to force the remaining Land Lords to sell their
confiscated Estates.