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The Irish delegation was led by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. This created the Irish Free State, a self-governing Dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations in the manner of Canada and Australia. Under the Treaty, Northern Ireland could opt out of the Free State and stay within the United Kingdom: it promptly did so.
The new Irish Free State introduced its own currency from 1928, the Irish pound. 1932: June 1932: The 31st International Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin 22–26 June 1932. 1937: 29 December: The Constitution of Ireland comes into force, replacing the Irish Free State with a new state called "Éire", or, in the English language, "Ireland ...
1 October – Time in Ireland: Dublin Mean Time (25 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time) was made the same as British time from 2 am today under the terms of the Time (Ireland) Act, 1916. 29 October – John Redmond demanded the abolition of martial law, the release of suspected persons, and that Irish prisoners be treated as political prisoners.
A New History of Ireland. Vol. 8: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976: A Companion to Irish History, Part 1. Oxford U. Press, 1982. 591 pp; Newman, Peter R. Companion to Irish History, 1603–1921: From the Submission of Tyrone to Partition. Facts on File, 1991. 256 pp; ÓGráda, Cormac. Ireland: A New Economic History, 1780–1939.
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
1. The Proclamation of Easter 1916. 2. The Declaration of Independence, enacted by Dáil Éireann in 1919. 3. The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) enacted by the Irish people in 1937. 4. The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, enacted by the Oireachtas. 5. The Declaration of Dáil Éireann unanimously adopted in May 1949. [1]
Pages in category "History of Ireland (1801–1923)" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Following the Irish War of Independence, the partition of Ireland and the creation of the autonomous Irish Free State in twenty-six of Ireland's thirty-two counties in 1922; with the exception of the Irish Civil War, most but not all subsequent insurgent activity in Ireland occurred within the six counties of Northern Ireland, which continued ...