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Series — 2020

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence (2020)

10.0Documentary — War & Politics

Michael Portillo charts the War of Independence in Ireland, following the journey from the Peace Conference in Versailles to the historic ceasefire in 1921.

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