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Irish war of 

independence 

Cause 

the cause of the Irish revolution is discrimination of religion 

effect

the effect of what happens when you don't agree with religon and people start to fight one another to start a war

social

  Independence gave the Irish Free State (IFS) greater potential control over all aspects of economic policy.

Economic

  Some elements of the Irish revolution of 1912-1923 – for instance, the participation of the citizen army in the Easter Rising and the adoption of the democratic programme by the first Dáil in 1919 

Global

   The failure to resolve this crisis caused first a wartime insurrection (the Easter Rising) and then a post-war revolution. 

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Irish Revolution

What the Irish gained and what they lost

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