1918 Over 75 Sinn Féin leaders are arrested & interned under the “German Plot”, i.e. a German backed military rebellion in Ireland, for actively opposing the introduction of conscription. There was no plot, it had been created by British authorities.

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#OnThisDay 1918 Over 75 Sinn Féin leaders are arrested & interned under the “German Plot”, i.e. a German backed military rebellion in Ireland, for actively opposing the introduction of conscription. There was no plot, it had been created by British authorities. #Ireland #History

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