The War of Independence
- 1913 (16 January) : Bill for Irish Home Rule carried in the English House of Commons, defeated in the House of Lords
- 1913 (25 November) : Irish Volunteer force formed
- 1914 (24 April) : Ulster loyalists land 35,000 guns to oppose Home Rule
- 1914 (25 May) : Bill for Irish Home Rule carried in the English House of Commons for a third time, due to become law in 1916
- 1914 (26 July) : Irish Volunteers land guns at Howth, Co Dublin
- 1914 (4 August) : Britain enters First World War. Irish Party leader, John Redmond, pledges Irish support
- 1914 (18 September) : Home Rule Act suspended
- 1914 (24 September) : Irish Volunteers split
- 1916 (24 April): Easter Rising
- 1916 (29 April) : Insurgents surrender. GAA President, James Nowlan, is among hundreds of Association members interned
- 1916 (3-12 May) : Rising leaders executed
- 1917 (16 June) : Prisoners released
- 1918 (3 July) : GAA included in list of organisations banned by British goverment
- 1918 (4 August) : GAA defies government ban on Gaelic games
- 1918 (28 December) : General Election ; Sinn Fein wins 70 per cent of Irish seats, Unionists 23 per cent
- 1919 (21 January) : Sinn Fein members establish new Dublin parliament, Dáil Éireann. Ambush at Soloheadbeg starts War of Independence
- 1920 (25 March) : Black and Tans arrive in Ireland to launch campaign of terror on behalf of the Crown
- 1920 (21 November) : Crown forces shoot dead 12 spectators and a player in raid on Croke Park. The day became known as "Bloody Sunday"
- 1920 (23 December) : Goverment of Ireland Act proposes two new dominions in Ireland, one re-presenting 6 counties in Ulster, the other representing the remaining 26 counties
- 1921 (11 June) Truce declared in War of Independence. (6 Dec)Anglo-Irish Treaty signed
- 1922 (10 Jan) Anti-treaty delegates leave Dail Eireann (16 Jan) British troops pull out of Ireland (28 Jan) Bombardment begins of Four Courts, occupied by anti-treaty forces, signalling the onset of Civil War
- 1923 (24 May) Civil War Ends
