A combination of the loss of the Cairo Gang, which devastated British Intelligence in Ireland, and the public relations disaster that was Bloody Sunday severely damaged the cause of British rule in Ireland and increased support for the republican government under Éamon de Valera.
A combinación da perda da Cuadrilla do Cairo, que desmantelou a Intelixencia británica en Irlanda, e as desastrosas relacións públicas que supuxo o Domingo Sanguento prexudicaron a causa da presenza británica en Irlanda e aumentaron o apoio ao goberno republicano de Éamon de Valera.