The Dáil Ban

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Why nationalist groups were driven underground

By the end of 1919 Dáil Eireann, Sinn Féin, the Gaelic League and Cumann na mBan had all been banned by the British. Why?

The 1919 British raid on Sinn Féin headquarters in Harcourt Street, Dublin. This image is reproduced with the kind permission of The National Museum of Ireland.

How banning the Dáil backfired on the British

Driven underground - the banned Dáil's secret operation

Driven underground - the banned Dáil's secret operation

The First Dáil established its own alternative legal system

Underground justice: the Dáil Courts

First Dáil Loan stamps, 1919. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Funding the revolution: how the First Dáil was financed

Cumann na mBan: Women of the Revolution

Unidentified young woman wearing Cumann na mBan pin. Image courtesy of National Library of Ireland

Cumann na mBan and the War of Independence

Captain Eileen McGrane

"Most Effective Women": The story of Eileen McGrane

May Gibney in uniform Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW 19PO-1A22-27

Portraits and Pamphlets: A Cumann na mBan Gallery

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

The History Show on Women in the War of Independence

The History Show on Women in the War of Independence

Two Minute Guides

Prime Minister David Lloyd George's government ordered the ban.

A Two Minute Guide to the Dáil Ban

Cumann na mBan members, including Constance Markievicz

A Two Minute Guide to Cumann na mBan

The First Dáil meets in the Mansion House

A Two Minute Guide to the First Dáil

About the War of Independence project

The War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

The partners of the War of Independence project

Century Ireland

The online historical newspaper reports on the banning of Dáil Éireann

Century Ireland