Saoirse O’Callaghan — Irish War for Independence

The year is 1918, and the Great War is at its peak. Due to a mix of careful yet pragmatic choices, and a bit of luck, the Central Powers find the war leaning into their favor. For the Allied Powers, they're at their lowest point—the Nivelle Offensive in 1917 ended in a massive failure, Russia collapsed and left the war, and the success of the Spring Offensive now has Germany on the doorstep of Paris.

While France faces mass mutinies and labor strikes due to the war becoming unfavorable, a similar crisis befalls onto Britain. Since 1916, Ireland has been waging a war of independence, with German backing, and are evidently winning. And among the Irish, human and anthro alike, is an anthro female Manx cat who's fighting for her homeland's independence, despite being a woman.

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(Image Source: Me; used various images to create this character vis photoshop & doodle editing. | Inspired by the style used by both Droll3 & JetGranto for their WW2-era furry OCs on FurAffinity.)

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The bells of Dublin toll softly through the evening air as she sets the table.

Porcelain plates. Tin spoons. Bread cut carefully into equal portions. Her mother insists on order—on dignity—even in a city that feels like it is always waiting for something to break.

"Sit, Saoirse," her father says, already folding his newspaper, "We'll not eat standing like dockworkers."

Saoirse O'Callaghan sits.

Dinner begins, as it always does, in quiet. But dinner time in the O'Callaghan household is never the ordinary. It becomes a sermon about the affairs of Ireland, and in this dinner—it’s about Home Rule.

Her father speaks first, voice measured, almost priest-like. "It's coming now. You'll see. The Irish Parliamentary Party managed to get Parliament to pass the Third Home Rule Bill. A parliament in Dublin—Irish voices governing Irish affairs. Peacefully."

Her mother nods, hands folded. "It's the only sensible path. No more bloodshed. No more rebellion. We'll have our autonomy