The 1916–1921 Club was founded in the 1940s. The motivation for the Club was to heal the divisions created by the Irish Civil War

Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War was a conflict that accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independent from the United Kingdom within the British Empire....

. Protagonists from both sides were invited to join. The Association of the Old Dublin Brigade, Óglaigh na hÉireann

Óglaigh na hÉireann

Óglaigh na hÉireann , abbreviated ÓnaÉ, is an Irish language idiom that can be translated variously as soldiers of Ireland, warriors of Ireland, volunteers of Ireland or Irish volunteers...

 was also open to the surviving members of the War of Independence

Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...

. The Club incorporated the Association in the early 1980s as their membership declined.

Membership of the Club is open to all Irish citizens who subscribe to the objectives and accept the documents upon which it bases its charter.

Objectives

• To honour and remember the dead who fought for Irish Freedom and all those who worked its achievement.
• To cultivate in our time the spirit of Nationality and Unity that marked the 1916-1921 periods.
• To contribute to the cause of an Ireland — united, independent and sovereign.
• To work for the reconciliation of all Irish people in the context of a united nation, in the belief that it is only such a united people who can effect a lasting and real peace with the British.
• To promote Irish traditions and cultures.

Society Charter

• 1. The Proclamation of Easter 1916.
• 2. The Declaration of Independence, enacted by Dáil Éireann in 1919.
• 3. The Constitution of Ireland
  Constitution of Ireland
  The Constitution of Ireland is the fundamental law of the Irish state. The constitution falls broadly within the liberal democratic tradition. It establishes an independent state based on a system of representative democracy and guarantees certain fundamental rights, along with a popularly elected...
  
   (Bunreacht na hÉireann) enacted by the Irish people in 1937.
• 4. The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, enacted by the Oireachtas.
• 5. The Declaration of Dáil Éireann unanimously adopted in May 1949.

Publications

• Death in the Castle: Three murders in Dublin Castle 1920. Publisher: 1916/1921 Club.

Death in the Castle records both the life and deaths of Dick McKee

Dick McKee

Richard “Dick” McKee was a prominent member of the Irish Republican Army . He was also friend to some senior members in the republican movement, including Éamon de Valera, Austin Stack and Michael Collins...

, Peadar Clancy

Peadar Clancy

Peadar Clancy was a member of the Irish Republican Army who served in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising and was second-in-command of the Dublin Brigade, IRA during the War of Independence...

 and Conor Clune

Conor Clune

Conor Clune was one of three men along with Dick McKee and Peadar Clancy killed in controversial circumstances in Dublin Castle on Bloody Sunday, 1920, a day that also saw the killing of a network of British spies by the "Squad" unit of the Irish Republican Army and the killing of 14 people in...

.

• The First Hunger Striker: Thomas Ashe
  Thomas Ashe
  Thomas Patrick Ashe born in Lispole, County Kerry, Ireland, was a member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers...
  
  1917 Sean O Mahony. Publisher: 1916/1921 Club.

External links

• A lecture organised by the Club
• The Irish War of Independence By Michael Hopkinson
• Green against Green The Irish Civil War, Michael Hopkinson