Anglo-Irish Treaty

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bilateral treaty international treaty peace treaty

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was the 1921 agreement between Britain and Irish representatives that ended the War of Independence and established the Irish Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.

Aliases (6)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty → international treaty → peace treaty →
alsoKnownAs	Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland →
approvalVoteMargin	64 to 57 →
approvedBy	Dáil Éireann →
approvedOn	1922-01-07 →
archivedAt	National Archives of Ireland → National Archives of the United Kingdom →
BritishSignatory	Austen Chamberlain → David Lloyd George → Hamar Greenwood → Laming Worthington-Evans → Lord Birkenhead → Winston Churchill →
cameIntoForceOn	1922-12-06 →
chiefBritishNegotiator	David Lloyd George →
chiefIrishNegotiator	Arthur Griffith →
countrySignatory	Irish Republic (revolutionary government) → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
createdEntity	Irish Free State →
definedStatusAs	self-governing dominion within the British Empire →
historicalPeriod	Irish War of Independence →
implementedBy	Constitution of the Irish Free State → Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 →
influenced	evolution of Irish sovereignty →
IrishSignatory	Arthur Griffith → Eamonn Duggan → George Gavan Duffy → Michael Collins → Robert Barton →
language	English →
ledTo	Irish Civil War →
legalSuccessor	Statute of Westminster 1931 (regarding dominion autonomy) →
negotiatedBy	delegation of Dáil Éireann → delegation of the British government →
opposedBy	anti-Treaty IRA → Éamon de Valera →
providedFor	establishment of a Boundary Commission → option for Northern Ireland to opt out of the Irish Free State → partition of Ireland → retention of certain British naval bases (Treaty Ports) → withdrawal of British forces from most of Ireland →
ratifiedBy	British Parliament →
required	oath of allegiance to the British monarch →
resultedIn	end of the Irish War of Independence → establishment of the Irish Free State →
signedAt	10 Downing Street →
signedIn	London →
signedOn	1921-12-06 →
supportedBy	pro-Treaty Sinn Féin faction →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bloody Sunday (1920) → Government of Ireland Act 1920 → Irish Civil War → shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin →	relatedTo
Cathal Brugha → Liam Lynch → anti-Treaty IRA →	opposedTo
Acts of Union 1800 → Truce of 11 July 1921 →	followedBy
Irish War of Independence ("Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922") → Irish War of Independence ("Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922") →	legalOutcome
Arthur Griffith → Pro-Treaty forces →	supported
Anglo-Irish Treaty ("Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland") →	alsoKnownAs
Crown of Ireland →	associatedWithEvent
Irish Civil War →	cause
Tan War →	concludedBy
Irish Free State →	createdBy
Black and Tans ("Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921") →	demobilizedAfter
National Army of the Irish Free State →	foundedAfter
Treaties of the United Kingdom ("Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921") →	hasPart
Ireland →	independenceEvent
Constitution of the Irish Free State →	legalBasis
Michael Collins →	negotiated
Truce of 11 July 1921 ("Irish–British peace process 1920–1922") →	partOf
Irish War of Independence →	peaceSettlement
Irish War of Independence →	result
British–Irish relations →	shapedByEvent
Michael Collins →	signed
Irish Republic →	treatyLeadingToSuccession