What happened when Éamon de Valera toured America during the start of the War of Independence

WATCH: Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Éamon de Valera addresses an anti-conscription meeting in 1918. The Sinn Féin leader was in prison when elected for two constituencies at the election of December that year.

Election 1918 – what you need to know about how Ireland voted

Mark Duncan analyses what drove the rapid rise of Sinn Féin in the years following the failed Rising of 1916.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Opening of Dáil Eireann in the mansion house, 21 January 1919.

Aftermath of Election 1918 – An Irish Revolutionary Government

The results of the 1918 general election in Ireland - Sinn Féin: 73, Irish Unionist: 22, Irish Parliamentary Party: 6 – were revolutionary in outcome.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Century Ireland - Edition 141

Edition 141 of Century Ireland is out now with all the news from 100 years ago.

Century Ireland • 07 Dec 18

Joseph Devlin of the Irish Parliamentary Party campaigning during the 1918 election. Devlin defeated Sinn Féin's Eamon de Valera in the constituency of Belfast Falls

December 1918: What the Papers Say

New constituencies, new candidates, more party competition and a greatly expanded electorate ensured that the 1918 general election was a political event like none before.

Election 1918 • 14 Dec 18

Edward Carson, the Unionist leader who was returned as MP for the Belfast Duncairn constituency in 1918.

A Divided Ireland? Ulster, Unionism and the 1918 election

The focus on Sinn Féin's routing of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) in southern constituencies often overlooks the equally emphatic nature of unionism's victory in the north.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

How Britain Voted – and What it Meant for Ireland

The last British General Election, prior to 1918, had been fought in 1910. But this one was significantly different.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Nearly half of Irish Party retire as Parliament is dissolved

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Bishops intervene to save nationalist seats in Ulster

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

PM lost in Irish mist as predecessor reflects on past blunders

PM lost in Irish mist as his predecessor reflects on past blunders

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Carson calls for unity and highlights Ulster war sacrifice

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Sinn Féin predicting electoral landslide

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Intimidation, disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Intimidation and disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Ireland and Britain to go to the polls on 14 December

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Éamon de Valera

In December 1918 Éamon de Valera was one of the most prominent men in Ireland – and one of the most unknown. He had been in the public eye for just two and a half years, and yet he was about to lead his party to a sweeping electoral victory.

Election 1918 • 10 Dec 18

Edward Carson

Edward Henry Carson, Attorney General and prosecutor of Oscar Wilde.

Election 1918 • 07 Dec 18

John Dillon

John Dillon led a party heading for electoral oblivion between March and December 1918. Home Rulers were among the biggest losers in the 1918 General Election.

Election 1918 • 07 Dec 18

Constance Markievicz

Women were permitted to stand for election under the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act which was granted royal assent on 21 November 1918, a week after the general election was called.

Election 1918 • 13 Dec 18

The Great Irish Famine

Famine Ireland

After the Famine

The Lockout

From the RTÉ Archives: Irish memories of WW1

Gallipoli

The 1916 Rising

Overview

The 1918 General Election

The First Dáil

Soloheadbeg

De Valera in America

The Dáil Ban

Suppression of Cumann na mBan

Hunger Strikes

The Munitions Strike

The death of Terence MacSwiney

Bloody Sunday

Martial Law

The Burning of Cork

The Border

The burning of the Custom House

Northern Ireland's parliament opens

The Truce

The Treaty

Overview

Transfer of Power

IRA Convention

The Pact Election

The Battle of Dublin

The Conventional Phase

The Sea Landings

The death of Michael Collins

Guerrilla warfare

The Irish Free State

The arrest of Liam Deasy

The end of the Civil War

The Silent Civil War

The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project

Stardust

The Good Friday Agreement

Election'18

WATCH: Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Election 1918 – what you need to know about how Ireland voted

Aftermath of Election 1918 – An Irish Revolutionary Government

Century Ireland - Edition 141

December 1918: What the Papers Say

A Divided Ireland? Ulster, Unionism and the 1918 election

How Britain Voted – and What it Meant for Ireland

Nearly half of Irish Party retire as Parliament is dissolved

Bishops intervene to save nationalist seats in Ulster

PM lost in Irish mist as predecessor reflects on past blunders

Carson calls for unity and highlights Ulster war sacrifice

Sinn Féin predicting electoral landslide

Intimidation, disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Ireland and Britain to go to the polls on 14 December

Éamon de Valera

Edward Carson

John Dillon

Constance Markievicz

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