Irish Volunteers
In Ireland, the Irish Volunteers constituted a nationalist militia, November 25th 1913 until in 1919. It was created to defend the bill of the Home Rule (autonomy internal) and to fight the Ulster Volunteers Force, a unionistic militia which was born in January of the same year. A female section is created at the same time: the Cummann Na mBan .
At the time of the First World War, the debate was posed implication of the Irishmen, in the conflict. A scission took place within the movement, a certain number of members, preserving the name of Irish Volunteers, observes a strict neutrality and remains with Dublin under the command of Eoin MacNeill, whereas the majority takes the name of National Volunteers and incorporate the British army, behind their leader John Redmond.
Irish Volunteers and Cummann take part in the Insurrection of Easter 1916, which is crushed by the British army. In 1919, the militia is melted in the Irish Republican Army (WILL GO).
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