Ireland

External regional conflicts and tensions

The Irish war for independence, war Anglo-Irish or Tan War indicates the campaign of guerrilla warfare which led the IRA against the RIC, the British army and the Black and Tan in Ireland, from January, 1919 till July, 1921.

The conflict began after the declaration of independence of the Republic of Ireland. Both camps accepted a cease-fire in July, 1921 which ends in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December, 1921. This agreement ended the British domination on the largest part of Ireland and after a period of transition of ten months overseen by a Provisional Government, the Free State of Ireland was established.

However, six counties in the North chose to stay within the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland with their own parliament. After the cease-fire, the political violence and the nun between the republicans and the loyal supporters, and between the Catholics and the Protestants continued in Northern Ireland whereas the Free State of Ireland dived into a civil war between the partisans and the opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Since it always exists a kind of tension between Irish of the South and the British as demonstrates it this photo taken in to the museum of the TITANIC in Belfast.