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| 1882 | Valera, Eamon de |  |
| Birth of Eamon de Valera |
| 1915 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Appointed Commandant in the Irish Volunteers |
| 1917 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Collins rises to become a member of the executive of Sinn Fin and director of organisation of the Irish Volunteers |
| 1917 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Appointed President of Sinn Fein |
| Spare execution, because of his American citizenship & released after nearly 2 years |
| July Clare Elected Member of Parliament for East Clare |
| 1918 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Cork Collins is elected MP for Cork South, Sinn Fein do not take their seats in Westminster, but instead set up an Irish Parliament in Dublin |
| 1918 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Sinn Fein win 73 seats but refuse to sit at Westminster |
| 1919 | Brugha, Cathal | |
| Jan Dublin Cathal Brugha is elected Promh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil ireann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| 1919 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Jan Appointed to the Aireacht (ministry) as Minister for Finance |
| Jan Dublin Cathal Brugha is elected Promh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil ireann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| Jan Creates a special assassination squad called The Twelve Apostles to kill British agents |
| Jan Lenin sends a representative to Dublin to borrow some money from the Irish Republic to help fund the Russian Republic, offering some of the Russian Crown Jewels as collateral |
| Jan Produces a Finance Ministry that is able to organise a large bond issue in the form of a "National Loan" to fund the new Irish Republic |
| Jan Dublin That new parliament, called Dil ireann (meaning "Assembly of Ireland", First Dil) meets in the Mansion House |
| April Cathal Brugha is elected Promh Aire (literally Prime Minister, translated as "President of Dil ireann"), to be replaced by de Valera, when Collins helps him escape from Lincoln prison, in April, 1919 |
| 1920 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Joins Nationalists in forming the Irish Assembly, the Dail Eireann |
| Refuses to sit in the British Parliament |
