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Free State

Ireland · Warfare / Irish War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1921Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1921

Michael John "Mick" Collins22 August 1921

Cork · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork

Michael John "Mick" Collins6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State."

Michael John "Mick" Collins6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: The Treaty provides for a possible all state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does).

Michael John "Mick" Collins6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral Parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish Government elected by a lower house called Dail Eireann.

Eamon de Valera6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State."

Eamon de Valera6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: The Treaty provides for a possible all state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does).

Eamon de Valera6 December 1921

London · Warfare / Irish War of Independence

This record states: The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral Parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish Government elected by a lower house called Dail Eireann.

Names involved

Eamon de ValeraMichael John "Mick" Collins

Provenance

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