Sinn Féin, Cumann na mBan and other Republican Movement Declared Illegal 1918

#OnThisDay 1918 Sinn Féin, the Irish Volunteers & Cumann na mBan were declared illegal organisations by the Lord Lieutenant, stating that they are a ‘grave menace’ designed to ‘terrorise the peaceful & law-abiding subjects of His Majesty in Ireland’.

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