Truce of 11 July 1921

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The Truce of 11 July 1921 was the ceasefire agreement between British forces and Irish republicans that effectively ended large-scale fighting in the Irish War of Independence and paved the way for subsequent peace negotiations.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ceasefire agreement
event in the Irish War of Independence
truce
alsoKnownAs Irish Truce of July 1921
July 1921 Truce
appliesToConflict Irish War of Independence
belligerent Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
conflict Irish War of Independence
country Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
date 11 July 1921
effect ended large-scale military operations in the Irish War of Independence
paved the way for the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations
followedBy Anglo-Irish Treaty
Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations
London peace talks of 1921
historicalPeriod 20th century
historicalRegion British Isles
implementedBy British Army
Irish Republican Army units
Royal Irish Constabulary
legalStatus informal military ceasefire rather than a formal peace treaty
location Ireland
London
negotiatedBy British Government
David Lloyd George
Irish Republican leadership
Éamon de Valera
partOf Irish revolutionary period
Irish–British peace process 1920–1922
precededBy Government of Ireland Act 1920
Guerrilla campaign of the Irish Republican Army
purpose to end large-scale fighting in the Irish War of Independence
to facilitate peace negotiations between Britain and Irish republicans
relatedTo Irish Civil War
Irish Free State
Partition of Ireland
signedBy representatives of the British Government
representatives of the Irish Republican Army
significance created conditions for the establishment of the Irish Free State
marked the effective end of the Irish War of Independence as an open armed conflict
significantPlace Dublin
London
startDate 11 July 1921
temporalContext post-World War I period

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Truce of 11 July 1921 ("Irish Truce of July 1921")
Truce of 11 July 1921 ("July 1921 Truce")
alsoKnownAs
Irish War of Independence
keyEvent
Tan War
significantEvent

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