But the treaty, which created an independent Irish Free State, was highly controversial and was only narrowly passed by the Dáil (Irish parliament) in January 1922 after a series of stormy debates.

It is 100 years since the creation of the 26-county Irish Free State. Northern Ireland had the option of joining the newly-created state in December 1922 but chose not to do so. The new Irish ...

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On December 11th, 1922, the Senate of the Irish Free State met for the first time. It had 60 members composed, as required by the Free State constitution, “of citizens proposed on the grounds ...

For over a century Ireland sent a woodcock pie to the British monarch every Christmas, but a letter and Domhnall Ó Buachalla put a stop to it ...

The constitution of the Irish Free State became law on 6 December 1922. Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed on 6 December 1921, the constitution had to come into force within a year.

To Dubliners last week Armistice Day was just another unpleasant reminder that Great Britain and the Irish Free State are still parts of the same Empire. They showed their feelings by dynamiting ...