Initially the county was held by the Anti-Treaty IRA but it was taken for the Irish Free State after seaborne landings by National Army troops at Fenit, Tarbert and Kenmare in August 1922 ..

Initially there was much confusion among republicans on the ground, Martin McGuinness for example, joined the Official IRA in 1970, unaware that there had been a split and only later joined the Provisionals.

Initially the Government of the Irish Free State under Cosgrave wished for Healy to reside in a new small residence, but, when facing death threats from the IRA, he was moved as a temporary measure into the Viceregal Lodge, the former ' out of season ' residence of the Lord Lieutenant, the former representative of the Crown until 1922.

Initially the sultan did not meet the demands, and the sloop-of-war USS Dale bombarded the island's fortifications ; ultimately Selim paid US $ 1, 000 and released Captain Moores.

Initially, the systems brought American stations to viewers in Canada who had no Canadian stations to watch ; broadcast television, though begun late in 1952 in Toronto and Montreal, did not reach a majority of cities until 1954.

Initially Eiffel showed little enthusiasm, although he did sanction further study of the project, and the two engineers then asked Stephen Sauvestre to add architectural embellishments.

Initially Madison did not want to stand for election to the Virginia ratifying convention, but was persuaded to do so because the situation looked so bad.

Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting, but did not build any cars under its own name.

Initially, she did not notice that the bus driver was the same man, James F. Blake, who had left her in the rain in 1943.

Initially international opinion was skeptical and Suez Canal Company shares did not sell well overseas.

Initially when the production staff was talking about who was going to take the composing duties, Chris Carter did not know whom to ask.

Initially, many mathematicians did not accept this form of proof, but it has become more widely accepted in recent years.

Initially, Lauda did not want Prost to become his teammate, as he presented a much faster rival.

Initially wary, Straczynski finally did and was hired on as story editor under Jeri Taylor and David Moessinger.

Initially, Anderson did very well as an independent.

Initially Babylon was a small nation which did not control much territory, and was overshadowed by much older, powerful, and more established kingdoms like Isin, Larsa, Assyria and Elam.

Initially he entered the shop without money to clarify that the shop did sell lighters, and upon hearing that they did, went back to his car to retrieve the money.

Initially, the favourite among Red Tories was Flora MacDonald ; however she did worse than expected while Clark placed a surprising third in a field of eleven on the first ballot of convention delegates, behind only Claude Wagner and Brian Mulroney.

Initially Dingle argued that, contrary to the usual understanding of the famous twin paradox, special relativity did not predict unequal aging of twins, one of whom makes a high-speed voyage and returns to Earth, but he then came to realize and acknowledge that his understanding had been mistaken.

Initially, the line of demarcation did not encircle the Earth.

Initially medieval universities did not have a campus.

Initially, his father did not want Khan to follow the family's vocation.

Initially Anglia Polytechnic University ( APU ), it retained the word ' polytechnic ' in its title because " the term ' polytechnic ' still had value to students and their potential employers, symbolising as it did the sort of education that they were known for – equipping students with effective practical skills for the world of work " although in 2000 there was some self-doubt about including the term ' polytechnic ' – it was the last university in the country to have done so.

Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s.

Initially, the NHTSA did not feel there was sufficient evidence to demand a recall due to incidents of fire.

Initially, the brothel did not serve black customers.

Initially this section of railway too is heavily forested but after a half-mile or so the trees fall away to reveal open farmland and moorland.

Initially introduced ( supposedly ) frozen inside a block of ice, the Yeti soon broke out of the ice to reveal a heavily bandaged appearance reminicient of a huge mummy and went on to interfere in the Halloween Havoc 1995 main event, where he and The Giant attacked Hulk Hogan with a double-bearhug.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially, BASIC concentrated on supporting straightforward mathematical work, with matrix arithmetic support from its initial implementation as a batch language and full string functionality being added by 1965.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.

Initially it was a supporting material publication for White Bear and Red Moon but for its 11th issue, in 1981, it had become the official RuneQuest magazine.

Initially formed to fight against counter-revolutionaries and saboteurs, as well as financial speculators, Cheka had its own classifications.

Initially edited by Éric Rohmer ( Maurice Scherer ), it included amongst its writers Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut.

Initially focusing on the small-end of the computer market allowed DEC to grow without its potential competitors making serious efforts to compete with them.

Initially named " Digital European Cordless Telephone " at its launch by CEPT in November 1987, following a suggestion by Enrico Tosato of Italy, its name was soon changed to " Digital European Cordless Telecommunications " to reflect its broader range of application, including data services.

Initially, some users of the Kazaa network were users of the Morpheus client program, formerly made available by MusicCity, but once the official Kazaa client became more widespread, Kazaa developers used its automatic update ability to shut out Morpheus clients by changing the protocol in February 2002, when Morpheus developers failed to pay license fees.

Initially successful with annualized returns of over 40 % ( after fees ) in its first years, in 1998 it lost $ 4. 6 billion in less than four months following the Russian financial crisis requiring financial intervention by the Federal Reserve, with the fund liquidating and dissolving in early 2000.

Initially Britain had supported the anti-communist factions in those countries, but due to its dire economic condition it decided to pull out and in February 1947 requested the U. S. to continue its efforts.

Initially its spread was confined to PARC and a few universities to which Xerox had donated some Altos.

Initially, MPEG-4 was aimed primarily at low bit-rate video communications ; however, its scope as a multimedia coding standard was later expanded.

Initially, Smith merely referred to " an angel " without identifying its name.

Initially it is impossible to find any mention of specific bugs on Microsoft's website, but later he notices that Microsoft has instated a system similar to the Debian one, though sugar-coated so as to not ruin the vision demanded by its customers.

Initially sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper, its success encouraged several countries in Europe and the Middle East to follow suit.

Initially, probability theory mainly considered discrete events, and its methods were mainly combinatorial.

Initially the Dominion Police provided security for parliament, but its responsibilities quickly grew.

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Initially a small branch of the Sturmabteilung ( the " Brownshirts " or Stormtroopers, abbreviated in German as SA ), the SS grew in size and power due to its exclusive loyalty to Adolf Hitler, as opposed to the SA, which was seen as semi-independent and a threat to Adolf Hitler's hegemony over the party.