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Ireland 1790
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Ireland 1790 - 1921 Revolutionary Nationalists Revolutionary Nationalists believe that in having Ireland as one individual country, could be gained by using violent methods, thus their history of failures. They have a record of many failed revolt's, the first of which was led by a man named Wolfe Tone in 1798, which was shortly after the Great Famine which devastated most of Ireland. The Great Famine altogether killed between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people. Many Catholics died or fled to the USA which automatically lost supporters or followers of the party itself. Again in 1848 and 1858 there were another two failed uprisings. In 1880 The Fenian's and the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) helped form the Land League, which was devoted to the Land Rights. In 1905 Sinn Fein were established. In 1913 the Nationalist Party, Fenian's formed a private army of 75,000 which were made up of 'Irish Volunteers'. This was shortly...
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