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Clan na Gael became the largest single financier of both the Easter Rising and the [[Irish War of Independence]]. Imperial Germany aided Clan na Gael by selling those guns and munitions to be used in the uprising of 1916. Germany had hoped that by distracting Britain with an Irish uprising they would be able to garner the upper hand in the war and affect a German victory on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. However, they failed to follow through with more support. Clan na Gael was also involved via McGarrity and Casement in the abortive attempt to raise an "[[Irish Brigade (WWI)|Irish Brigade]]" to fight against the British.
Some [[Sikh]]s held talks with Clan Na Gael, which led to authorities in Great Britain and [[British Raj|India]] fearing [[Irish-American]]s and [[Sikh]]s uniting against the [[British Empire]].<ref name="Mount1993">{{cite book|last=Mount|first=Graeme Stewart|title=Canada's enemies: spies and spying in the peaceable kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vZi0OD6B-sC&pg=PA27|
Clan Na Gael largely controlled the [[Irish Race Conventions]] from 1916, and its affiliated group the [[Friends of Irish Freedom]]. The [[Irish War of Independence]] led to a split in Clan na Gael which was precipitated in June 1920 by [[Éamon de Valera]], who as President of the Irish Republic became involved in a dispute with Devoy and [[Daniel F. Cohalan|Judge Cohalan]] over lobbying US Presidential candidates on the issue of American recognition for the [[Irish Republic]]. To punish [[Woodrow Wilson]] for his apparent lack of support, the Clan backed Harding in the [[1920 United States presidential election]]. In October, 1920, [[Harry Boland]] stated that the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood|IRB]] in Ireland had terminated connections between the Clan and the parent body in Ireland until the will of [[Dáil Éireann]] was mirrored in Clan na Gael. Devoy and Cohalan refused to accept this but McGarrity disagreed, believing that without IRB support, the Clan was not legitimate, which led to a split. McGarrity, whose faction went by the name Reorganized Clan na Gael, supported the Anti-Treaty forces during the Civil War while Devoy and Cohalan supported the Free State. After 1924, when the IRB and the Devoy-Cohalan Clan na Gael both voted to disband, McGarrity's faction became the sole Clan na Gael. In 1926, the Clan na Gael formally associated with the reorganized Irish Republican Army in the same fashion as it had with the IRB.
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