The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (Irish: An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the government of the Irish Republic that concluded the ...

Mar 3, 2025 · The Anglo-Irish Treaty is a 1921 agreement between the United Kingdom and the budding Irish Republic that marked the end of the Irish War of Independence and the beginning of the Irish Free State. The treaty also set the stage for the partition of the 26 counties of southern Ireland from Northern Ireland.

Until an arrangement has been made between the British and Irish Governments whereby the Irish Free State undertakes her own coastal defence, the defence by sea of Great Britain and Ireland shall be undertaken by His Majesty's Imperial Forces, but this shall not prevent the construction or maintenance by the Government of the Irish Free State ...

Dec 5, 2022 · The Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed on 6 December 1921, took effect exactly a year later on 6 December 1922. The Irish Free State – a new Dominion within what was then the British Empire – was born.

Arthur Griffith’s statement told the world that the war between Ireland and Britain was at an end. This note, hastily written by Arthur Griffith, was the first message to the public on the outcome of the negotiations which led to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

Feb 9, 2022 · The Anglo-Irish Treaty offered to a partitioned Irish Free State Dominion, status within the British Empire rather than sovereign independence. The settlement generated intense opposition within Sinn Féin, Cumann na mBan, and the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which resulted in a civil war in mid-1922.

Dec 6, 2024 · The Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by Irish and British negotiators in London on December 6, 1921, established a self-governing Irish state after centuries of British rule.

Dec 6, 2021 · The treaty was highly controversial and ultimately led to civil war in Ireland between those who supported it and those who opposed it, a war the pro-treaty side eventually won. So what was...

The Anglo-Irish Treaty 1 was the peace agreement that brought the Irish War of Independence to an end. The conflict had commenced on 21 January 1919 with the lethal attack on police in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary.

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was to give Ireland a 26 county Free State with Dominion status. The right to raise taxes, regulate foreign trade, independence in internal affairs, own an army, and the oath of allegiance was changed to one of fidelity.