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24 Essential Histories • The Anglo-Irish War F.M. Sir Henry Wilson was a staunch Unionist who had reservations about using the UVF as Special Constables. (Courtesy of Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and it was in an attempt to keep them under control that the Government formed the USC. The 'B Specials' later earned a place in Republican folk-myth that had previously been reserved for the Black and Tans, and they are still the subject of much debate today. The Nationalists By 1913, Nationalist Ireland encompassed both constitutional reformers and subversive revolutionaries. John Redmond was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) and the man responsible for getting the third Home Rule Bill introduced to Parliament in 1912. Tragically for constitutional Nationalists he was unable to get the Act onto the Statute Book before the outbreak of war in 1914. On 25 November 1913, Redmond gained control of the newly formed National Volunteers ('Volunteers') to counter the threat posed by the UVF. They never enjoyed the same level of government tolerance as the UVF, and when they landed weapons at Howth, Co. Dublin in July 1914, attempts were made to stop them. Involved in this incident was Erskine Childers, an unlikely revolutionary. Although born in Ireland he was of English stock. He fought for the British in the Boer War, worked as a clerk in the House of Commons for 15 years and
Warring sides 25 was married to an American. He was a keen sailor who wrote The Riddle of the Sands and smuggled arms into Ireland in 1914 for the Volunteers. He was a passionate Republican and despite being the secretary to the rebel delegation that negotiated the Treaty he joined the irregulars during the civil war. Sneeringly known as the 'Englishman' behind his back he was executed by the Free State government in November 1922 for illegally owning a pistol. Ironically the weapon that cost him his life had been a gift Sir Edward Carson inspects UVF volunteers in 1913. (Courtesy of National Library of Ireland, Photographic Archive) from his friend Michael Collins. The subsequent enquiry criticized the police's actions and the Deputy Commissioner of the DMP, William Harrell, was forced to resign. Redmond encouraged his Volunteers to answer the call to arms in 1914, and despite some British resistance they formed the bulk of the 16th (Irish) Division. The Volunteers
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