The Irish Revolution

After the failed insurrection of 1916, revolutionary Ireland reorganized and devised new tactics that would eventually lead to the country's independence. Such important figures as Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera emerged on the world media stage as leaders of the Irish revolutionary struggle, facing British political heavyweights such as Winston Churchill and Lloyd George. The tactics, both in guerrilla warfare and in radicalizing the Irish population, would eventually force a British withdrawal and a treaty leading to an independent Irish state.