Timeline Tuesday 21 January 1919

Events on Tuesday 21 January 1919 2

• 1919 First Dail Eireann convenes in Dublin Irish republicans declare an independent parliament Members elected on a Sinn Fein platform met at the Mansion House in Dublin to form Dail Eireann, an independent parliament asserting Irish sovereignty separate from Westminster. It adopted a Declaration of Independence and issued an appeal to the international community.
• 1919 Irish War of Independence begins IRA ambush at Soloheadbeg kills two policemen Irish Volunteers ambushed and killed two Royal Irish Constabulary officers at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary, in an action later regarded as the opening shot of the Irish War of Independence. The guerrilla conflict between republican forces and British authorities continued until a truce in 1921.