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Article V of the Anglo-Irish Treaty is gradually usurping that place in public attention held (at intervals) by Article XII.
Free State’s use of the tricolour questioned as divisive; correspondent suggests a gold harp on green as a symbol all Irish ...
The shirt, worn in 1927, is that of the Irish Free State, a predecessor to the FAI, with whom Duggan made five appearances ...
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.
the Irish Free State has officially come into existence. The provisional government is no more and when TDs reconvened on 6 December, they did so to choose a cabinet which will be known as the ...
During the year 1924 “the whole of the direct sea passenger traffic represented in official returns of movements from and to the Irish Free State was between the Free State and the North ...
The following nationalists gave evidence for the inclusion of Fermanagh in the Irish Free State: Messrs James Owens, Belnaleck; Robert McCauley, Monea; Michael Treacy, Boho; Thomas Bothwell ...
In the 1920s, the young Irish Free State made a radical choice. It took roughly 20 per cent of the national budget and spent it on the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric scheme in Co Clare. It was 100 ...
However, not everyone was happy that the British controlled the island. In 1932, the Irish Free State and Britain began what became known as the Economic War which had far-reaching consequences ...