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EVENTS

March 7 - David Lloyd-George announces that Britain is ready to confer self-government to the parts of Ireland that wants it. The north-eastern part will not be "coerced".

March 12 - In the House Of Commons , J.P. Farrell proposes that Ireland be excluded from the operation of the National Services Act.

March 20 - A motion to reduce the salary of the British Prime Minister by £100 is introduced in the House Of Commons . It is a protest against the refusal to publish the proceedings of the 1916 Rising courts martial.

May 10 - Sinn Féin candidate McGuiness wins a by-election in South- Longford against the I.P.P.'s candidate McKenna. It is a political disaster for John Redmond and his Irish Parliamentary Party .

May 16 - British Prime Minister, David Lloyd-George , announces that he wants immediate Home Rule for the 26 counties. Six north-eastern counties are to be excluded for a period of 5 years.

June 18 - Prisoners taken during the Easter Rising arrive at Dún Laoghaire by mail boat.

July 10 - Eamon De Valera of Sinn Féin beats Patrick Lynch , a Home Rule candidate, in the East-Clare by-election. One Dublin Castle official calls it 'the most important election that has ever taken place, or ever will, in Irish history.'

July 16 - The Round Room in the Mansion House is filled to capacity as the leaders of Sinn Féin demand the bodies of the Easter Rising leaders so that they can be given a Christian burial.

July 25 - Large crowds assemble at College Green in Dublin as the Irish Convention meets for the first time.

October 25 - 1,700 Sinn Féin delegates attend a convention in the Mansion House and De Valera replaced Arthur Griffith as the president of Sinn Fein

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORTS

BIRTHS

August 15 - Jack Lynch , former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil .

DEATHS

July 31 - Francis Ledwidge , poet.

September 25 - Thomas Ashe , Republican rebel.