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	United Kingdom general election, 1918 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The election was won by a coalition of the Conservatives, most of the Liberals and a few Labour and independent MPs, and produced a government led by David Lloyd George.
		The 1918 United Kingdom general election is seen as a key defining moment in modern Irish history.
		The aftermath of the elections saw the convention of an extra-legal parliament, the First Dáil, by the elected Sinn Féin candidates, and the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1918 (268 words)

	Irish (UK) general election, 1918 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland.
		Indeed the 1918 general election has become a potent symbol for militant republicans who have argued that the elections conferred legitimacy both on the anti-Treaty faction in the Irish Civil War of 1922–1923 and on the violent campaigns of later groups such as the Provisional IRA that erupted many decades later.
		Although the 1918 general election was the last held throughout the whole of Ireland on a single day, in every election held since 1921 candidates advocating violent resistance to the partition of Ireland have fallen far short of winning a majority in either part of Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_(UK)_general_election,_1918 (2539 words)

	Irish (UK) general election, 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Irish general election of 1918, which took place as part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election, is seen as a key defining moment in modern Irish history.
		A new generation of young voters, the disappearance of much of the oldest generation of voters, and the sudden influx of all women under 35, meant that vast numbers of new voters of unknown voter affiliation existed, changing dramatically the makeup of the Irish electorate.
		The 1918 general election was the last all-Ireland election held, as under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned into two states, each of whom held separate elections to their own parliaments.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/irish__uk__general_election__1918 (1065 words)

	Desi Hot OR Hot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is generally believed that a realigning election happens only after a shift in partisan preferences, though not necessarily policy preferences, among the electorate.
		The 1918 election was a landslide victory for the republican Sinn Féin party, winning nearly 70% of the seats (albeit with just 47% of the votes).
		After the election, Soong founded the People First Party, which attracted members from the KMT and the pro-unification New Party, which was by that time beginning to fade.
	www.desihotornot.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Realigning_election (1658 words)

	Chronology 1918
		General Kornilov was killed in combat on April 13th, and command in the south was taken over by General Anton Denikin on May 11th, with the support of General Peter Krasnov, Hetman of the Don Cossacks.
		General Dunsterville's objectives were to stiffen the Georgian and Armenians against the Turks and block a possible German offensive from the Ukraine.
		The pro-German General Pavel Skoropadski was overthrown by the Ukrainian Socialists, led by General Simon Petliura.
	www.indiana.edu /~league/1918.htm (6226 words)

	Anglo-Irish_War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To purist Irish Republicans, the Anglo-Irish war had begun with the Proclamation of the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising of 1916.
		Republicans argued that the conflict of 1919-21 (and indeed the subsequent Irish Civil War) was the defense of this Republic against attempts to destroy it.
		The IRA, as the 'army of the Irish Republic', was perceived by members of Dáil Éireann to have a mandate to wage war on the Dublin Castle British administration running Ireland.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Anglo-Irish_War (1921 words)

	Republic of Ireland Online Research :: Information about Republic of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new Irish Free State was in theory to cover the entire island, subject to the proviso that Northern Ireland (which had been created as a separate entity under the Government of Ireland Act 1920) could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingdom, which it duly did, to no-one's surprise.
		Irish governments have sought the peaceful reunification of Ireland and have usually cooperated with the British government in the violent conflict with the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland known as the " The Troubles ".
		Although learning Irish is not compulsory in education, most schools insist on teaching it to all of their pupils who are not exempt from needing it to qualify for National University of Ireland universities.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Republic_of_Ireland.html (3610 words)

	Ernest Blythe biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the Gaelic League his Irish teacher was Sinéad Flanagan, the future wife of Eamon de Valera.
		Following the Irish (UK) general election, 1918 Blythe was elected as a TD for North Monaghan.
		He served in the Irish Senate until the institution was abolished in 1936.
	ernest-blythe.biography.ms (314 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A nationalist by birth, whose father had been a nationalist Irish MP he was educated by the Jesuits in Clongowes Wood, one of Ireland's premier public schools, and then in Trinity College Dublin.
		Though large numbers of Irish men had willingly joined up, enforced conscription created a backlash that boosted Sinn Féin, the small monarchist party that had played no part in the Rising, but which having been wrongly 'blamed' by Britain and the Irish media, was then taken over by surviving Rising leaders, under Eamon de Valera.
		In 1918, Sinn Féin won the vast majority of seats in the general election, and in a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, established the Irish Republic, with a new parliament, called the Assembly of Ireland or in gaelic Dáil Éireann.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_redmond.html (785 words)

	ANGLO-IRISH WAR FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerrilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army under the proclaimed legitimacy of the First_DÃ¡il, the extra-legal Irish parliament created in 1918 by a majority of Irish MPs.
		Republicans argued that the conflict of 1919-21 (and indeed the subsequent Irish_Civil_War) was the defence of this Republic against attempts to destroy it.
		The Irish, unaware of the extent to which the speech did not fully represent the views of all the British government, but was to a significant degree a 'peace move' engineered by the King, Smuts and Lloyd George, reluctantly consented to in cabinet, responded by agreeing to talks.
	www.abait.com /Anglo-Irish_War (4117 words)

	Realigning election - Biocrawler definition:Realigning election - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Some believe that certain elections are realigning elections, others say that the statistical data does not show a sharp enough break.
		Lincoln's election was the proximate cause of secession and his efforts to keep the nation united led to the American Civil War.
		The status of this election is hotly disputed; many historians do not consider it a realigning election because the Republicans remained in control.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Realigning_election (1860 words)

	The Colonial Venture of Ireland, Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the Irish general election of 1918 (which was part of the United Kingdom’s general election), Sinn Féin won 73 of 105 seats; 36 of the elected were in jail at the time.
		The Irish election of 1920 was a public vote of confidence for the suppressed Irish government, with Belfast being virtually the only dissenting voice.
		Twenty-six counties became the Irish Free State — a dominion, not a republic — with a governor-general, a bicameral parliament, and a prime minister.
	www.fff.org /freedom/fd0407e.asp (1999 words)

	The Irish General Election of 1918
		The December 1918 election for the House of Commons in Westminster is regarded by some as the defining act of Irish self-determination, as the last occasion when the whole of Ireland voted on the same day.
		European Parliament election of 1994 (in fact since a number of constituencies were not contested in 1918, 1994 is a rather better barometer of the opinion of the island as a whole), and the last time the island voted on the same day for anything at all was in
		However, it would be foolish not to acknowledge the central place of the 1918 election in determining the future course of Irish history.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/h1918.htm (741 words)

	Desi Hot OR Hot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It had its origins in the formation of unilaterally created independent Irish parliament, called Dáil Éireann, formed by the majority of MPs elected in Irish constituencies in the Irish (UK) general election, 1918.
		Several different military and paramilitary forces fought on the British government side, including the Royal Irish Constabulary, the British Army, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries.
		The war ended in a Truce in 1921, which led to the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) and the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.
	www.desihotornot.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Anglo-Irish_War (328 words)

	foggydew - Page: 1 of 1
		Irish soldiers protected only their homeland until the signing of the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 which ended the Williamite War (The West's Awake).
		Irish Regiments stationed in India are credited with numerous acts of heroism for action during battles through Southeast Asia, including suppression of a mutiny of Indian soldiers in 1857.
		In the Irish general election of 1918, Sinn Fein won 73 of 105 Irish seats in the British Parliament.
	www.anthonykearns.com /foggydew_001.htm (1999 words)

	United Kingdom Election Results
		Election results from the general election of 1983 onwards are in these files in the same order.
		European Parliamentary Election in Yorkshire and the Humber region by constituency, 1999.
		All GLC election results are linked on this index page, along with results of direct elections to the Inner London Education Authority (1986-90).
	www.election.demon.co.uk (1174 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Their subsequent execution aroused Irish public opinion and led to the defeat and virtual extinction of the Constitutional Party at Westminster in the general election of December 1918.
		Simultaneously, the Irish Republican Army (formerly known as the Irish Volunteers) was organized to resist British administration and to secure recognition for the Republican government.
		A large proportion of the Irish police resigned and were replaced by English recruits, known from their temporary uniforms as the Black and Tans.
	www.bampfa.berkeley.edu /exhibits/irish/easterrising.html (320 words)

	Articles - Anglo-Irish War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Republicans argued that the conflict of 1919-21 (and indeed the subsequent Irish Civil War) was the defence of this Republic against attempts to destroy it.
		The IRA, as the 'army of the Irish Republic', was perceived by members of DÃ¡il Ãireann to have a mandate to wage war on the Dublin Castle British administration headed by the Lord Lieutenant running Ireland.
		The subsequent Irish Civil War lasted until mid-1923 and cost of the lives of some of the leaders of the independence movement, notably President Arthur Griffith, the head of the Provisional Government Michael Collins, ex minister Cathal Brugha, as well as anti-Treaty republicans Harry Boland and Rory O'Connor.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Anglo-Irish_War (4276 words)

	The World at War - area Timeline from-to
		Irish War of Independence begins with an attack by the Third Tipperary Brigade of Irish Volunteers on members of the Royal Irish Constabulary at Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary.
		Republican prisoners in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison begin hunger strike to draw attention to the general state of affairs in Ireland and to the refusal of the British government of David Lloyd- George to recognize the IRA as a belligerent entitled to have its members treated as prisoners of war.
		The new constitution abolishes the Oath of Allegiance, replaces the Governor General with a President, makes Gaelic the country’s first official language, recognizes the special position of the Roman Catholic Church in Irish society, prohibits the state from granting divorce and claims the whole island of Ireland and surrounding water as the national territory.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/ireland/18-48.html (3284 words)

	Irish FAQ: History
		Irish parliament recognises Henry VIII as head of the Church.
		Irish lands granted to soldiers and creditors of the Commonwealth.
		First Irish Land Act increases security of tenure for tenant farmers and extends Ulster custom (compensation for improvements to property) to the whole island.
	www.geocities.com /welisc/ifaq/part05.html (1151 words)

	The Irish Parliamentary Party allied with Sinn Fein
		Yet Irish nationalist activities simply were not among the immediate concerns of the British statesmen in the hectic weeks subsequent to the war.
		If we look more closely at the differences of the results between the 1910 and 1918 elections in various constituencies we can discover that the number of seats being voted for has increased dramatically by 1918, as has the number of electors using their votes.
		It is clear by the results of the election that the Irish Parliamentary Party had virtually died by 1918.
	www.ulst.ac.uk /thisisland/modules/ww1/ipp.html (770 words)

	W3Perl - Histoire - Irlande - Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When a general election was held in December 1918, Sinn Fein won seventy-three of the 105 Irish seats, most of the rest going to the Unionists.
		In 1920 the British government reinforced the Irish police with ex-soldiers known as Black and Tans, wearing a mixture of police and army uniforms, and later with ex-officers known as Auxiliaries.
		De Valera still refused to accept the treaty, however, and the inauguration of the Irish Free State was marked by a civil war which lasted until the anti-treaty republicans conceded defeat in May 1923.
	www.w3perl.com /www/histoire/irlande/independence.html (630 words)

	The Manifesto of Sinn Féin as prepared for circulation for the General Election of December, 1918
		Ireland is faced with the question whether this generation wills it that she is to march out into the full sunlight of freedom, or is to remain in the shadow of a base imperialism that has brought and ever will bring in its train naught but evil for our race.
		By the establishment of a constituent assembly comprising persons chosen by Irish constituencies as the supreme national authority to speak and act in the name of the Irish people, and to develop Ireland's social, political and industrial life, for the welfare of the whole people of Ireland.
		The present Irish members of the English Parliament constitute an obstacle to be removed from the path that leads to the Peace Conference.
	www.ucc.ie /celt/published/E900009/text001.html (642 words)

	ipedia.com: UK general election, 1918 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		December 1910 election 1918 election 1922 election The UK general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918 was the first election at which women could vote.
		The UK general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918 was the first election at which women could vote.
		In Ireland, the Irish Nationalists lost almost all their seats, most of which were won by Sinn Fein.
	www.ipedia.com /uk_general_election__1918.html (201 words)

	Links
		The National Assembly of Wales Welsh Political Archive gives a comprehensive breakdown of results in the Welsh elections of 1999 and features digitised copies of electoral ephemera published by the candidates in the 1999 campaign.
		There is a collection of US presidential campaign memorabilia in the America Votes collection at Duke University, which covers US presidential elections from the late 19th century to the present day.
		This by-election website was set up to create a digital archive of the ephemera - leaflets, posters, postcards and newsletters - produced by candidates and political parties contesting any by-election held since the 1945 General Election.
	www.geocities.com /by_elections/links.html (390 words)

	IRA Easter Message - National Miscellaneous - Indymedia Ireland
		Similarly, the 1922 election wasnt for civil war, yet the free state army set out to destroy irish sovereignty anyway, on the orders of and with the active assistance of the British establishment.
		Both the Irish and British governments have declared, in law, that what the media refer to as the "real IRA", are in fact Ogliagh na hEireann, an organisation based in the entire 32 counties of Ireland, who can trace their lineage right back to 1916.
		Irish Republican Free thinkers and critics of SF are obliterated by party mantra rather than pause and reflection.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=69144 (6413 words)

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