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January 18 - Count Plunkett , Seán T. O'Kelly and others protest at the forcible feeding of Sinn Féin prisoners in Mountjoy Jail.

March 2 - In Skibbereen, County Cork Ernest Blythe is arrested for non-compliance with a military rule directing him to reside in Ulster .

March 6 - In the House Of Commons in Westminster , tributes ar paid to John Redmond , Irish Nationalist leader, who has died in London .

April 18 - The Military Service Bill, which includes conscription in Ireland, becomes law. A conference of nationalist parties, Sinn Féin and labour movements meets in Dublin to organise an all-Ireland Opposition To Conscription

April 20 - The Irish Parliamentary Party holds a meeting in Dublin to oppose conscription.

May 5 - 15,000 people attend an anti-conscription meeting in County Roscommon . John Dillon , leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and Eamon De Valera of Sinn Féin share the platform in a united cause.

May 20 - A special anti-conscription convention is held in Dublin . It condemns the deportations of many Sinn Féin members.

July 3 - The Lord-Lieutenant issues a proclamation banning Sinn Féin , the Irish Volunteers , the Gaelic League and Cumann Na MBan .

October 10 - The Irish mail boat 'Leinster' is sunk by a German submarine with the loss of 500 lives.

November 11 - At 5.00am an armistice dictated by the Allies is signed by the Germans. Six hours later World War I officially ends. A total of 140,000 Irishmen were killed during the war.

December 22 - Ireland voices a united invitation to US President Woodrow Wilson to visit.

December 28 - Sinn Féin have a landslide victory in the General Election , winning 73 of the 105 seats in Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party is nearly wiped out.

December 30 - The Irish Independent strongly criticises Countess Markievicz , the first female MP elected to Westminster.

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