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| Arrest of Valera Collins, Michael John "Mick" |  |
| April Cathal Brugha is elected Pr｡omh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil 進reann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| Arrest of Valera Valera, Eamon de | |
| 3rd Feb Michael Collins organises de Valera's escape from Lincoln Gaol |
| Assassination of Policemen Ireland Valera, Eamon de | |
| Soloheadbeag Irish Volunteers shoot dead 2 policemen & civil war erupts |
| Assassination of Police Officers Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Soloheadbeg The Irish War of Independence begins on the same day the First Dil meets, when two policemen guarding a consignment of gelignite are shot dead by IRA volunteers acting without orders |
| Birth of Murdoch, Iris Murdoch, Iris | |
| 15th July Birth of Iris Murdoch |
| Constitution Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Dublin That new parliament, called Dil 進reann (meaning "Assembly of Ireland", First Dil) meets in the Mansion House |
| Constitution Valera, Eamon de | |
| 21st Jan 37 Sinn Fein MPs establish the Dail Eirean, Irish Parliament |
| 21st Jan Dublin The Irish Republic is proclaimed |
| Dail Eireann Brugha, Cathal | |
| Jan Dublin Cathal Brugha is elected Pr｡omh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil 進reann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| Dail Eireann Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Dublin Cathal Brugha is elected Pr｡omh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil 進reann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| Jan Dublin That new parliament, called Dil 進reann (meaning "Assembly of Ireland", First Dil) meets in the Mansion House |
| Dail Eireann Valera, Eamon de | |
| 1st April Dublin 2nd session of the Dail, Valera elected Priomh-Aire |
| Death of Valera, Eamon de Valera, Eamon de | |
| Soloheadbeag Irish Volunteers shoot 2 policemen dead & civil war erupts |
| Director of Intelligence Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Appointed Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army |
| IRA Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Collins and Richard Mulcahy become the two principal central organisers for the Irish Republican Army |
| Helps found the IRA & becomes its Director of Intelligence |
| IRA Mulcahy, Richard | |
| Collins and Richard Mulcahy become the two principal central organisers for the Irish Republican Army |
| Minister of Finance Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Appointed to the Aireacht (ministry) as Minister for Finance |
| National Loan Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Lenin sends a representative to Dublin to borrow some money from the Irish Republic to help fund the Russian Republic, offering some of the Russian Crown Jewels as collateral |
| Jan Produces a Finance Ministry that is able to organise a large bond issue in the form of a "National Loan" to fund the new Irish Republic |
| President Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Elected President of the IRB (and therefore, in the doctrine of that organisation, de jure President of the Irish Republic) |
| Twelve Apostles, The Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Creates a special assassination squad called The Twelve Apostles to kill British agents |
