Irish Free State

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British dominion former sovereign state

The Irish Free State was a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth established in 1922 that marked Ireland’s transition from British rule toward full independence as the modern Republic of Ireland.

Aliases (5)

Irish Free State government ×2
Irish Free State (future territory) ×1
Irish Free State executive authorities ×1
Irish Free State monarchy ×1
Saorstát Éireann ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British dominion → former sovereign state →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Celtic Sea → Irish Sea → Northern Ireland →
capital	Dublin →
constitution	Constitution of the Irish Free State →
continent	Europe →
country	Ireland →
createdBy	Anglo-Irish Treaty →
currency	Irish Free State pound → Saorstát pound →
endDate	1937-12-29 →
establishedAsResultOf	Irish War of Independence →
excludedTerritory	Northern Ireland →
flag	tricolour of green, white and orange →
followedBy	Ireland → Republic of Ireland →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy →
headOfGovernment	W. T. Cosgrave → Éamon de Valera →
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of the Executive Council →
headOfState	Edward VIII → George V → George VI →
headOfStateTitle	King →
implementedBy	Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 →
legalSystem	common law →
legislature	Oireachtas →
locatedIn	British Isles →
lowerHouse	Dáil Éireann →
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations →
militaryForce	National Army (Irish Free State) →
nationality	Irish →
nationalParliamentMetAt	Leinster House →
officialLanguage	English → Irish →
partiallyIncludes	26 counties of Ireland →
partOf	British Commonwealth →
precededBy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
replacedByConstitution	Constitution of Ireland 1937 →
shortNameInEnglish	Irish Free State →
shortNameInIrish	Saorstát Éireann →
signed	Statute of Westminster 1931 →
startDate	1922-12-06 →
status	self-governing dominion →
upperHouse	Seanad Éireann →
usedLegalInstrument	Royal Irish Constabulary (disbanded) replacement Garda Síochána →
wasBelligerentIn	Irish Civil War →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 → Constitution of the Irish Free State → Imperial Economic Conference agreements → Irish Civil War → Irish Free State pound → National Army of the Irish Free State → President of the Executive Council → Pro-Treaty forces → Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State →	country
Irish Civil War → Truce of 11 July 1921 → shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin →	relatedTo
British Dominions → Dominions of the British Empire →	appliedTo
Ottawa Agreements → Statute of Westminster 1931 →	appliesTo
President of the Executive Council → Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State →	appliesToJurisdiction
Crown of Ireland → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →	followedBy
Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 → President of the Executive Council →	jurisdiction
National Army of the Irish Free State → Pro-Treaty forces ("Irish Free State government") →	partOf
President of the Executive Council →	countryOfOrigin
Anglo-Irish Treaty →	createdEntity
Constitution of the Irish Free State →	createdState
Seán Lester ("Irish Free State government") →	employer
Ireland →	formerName
Dominions Office →	hasDominion
Imperial Conference of 1926 →	hasParticipant
W. T. Cosgrave →	headOfGovernmentOf
Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State ("Irish Free State executive authorities") →	implementedBy
President of the Executive Council →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Irish War of Independence ("Irish Free State (future territory)") →	location
anti-Treaty IRA →	opposedTo
Cathal Brugha →	placeOfDeath
Crown of Ireland ("Irish Free State monarchy") →	relatedConcept
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs →	relatesTo
Irish Free State →	shortNameInEnglish
Irish Free State ("Saorstát Éireann") →	shortNameInIrish
Pro-Treaty forces →	territory
Irish Free State pound →	usedIn