Show threadClaire McNabMar 13

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However, Article 12 of the Act provided that Northern Ireland could opt out of the #IrishFreeState provided that it chose to do so within a month.

Predictably, it did so ASAP. On 7 December the Parliament of Northern Ireland unanimously passed a motion a motion to ask the King of the UK "pray your Majesty that the powers of the Parliament and Government of the Irish Free State shall no longer extend to Northern Ireland"

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Show threadClaire McNabMar 13

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Effectively, Northern Ireland became a devolved govt of an independent Ireland. (OK, the so-called "#IrishFreeState" was technically a "dominion" of the British Crown like Canada and Australia, rather than an independent state, but it was not part of the UK).

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDDec 29
At independence in 1922, #Ireland spun into #CivilWar, with some opposed to peace as the #IrishFreeState since they were stuck in the #Commonwealth. But it was a pointless waste of lives, as on #ThisDayInHistory in 1937 Ireland became a #republic, cutting ties with the monarchy.
Show threadClaire McNabDec 17

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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.

In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDDec 8
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1922, just two days after taking power in #Ireland, the #IrishFreeState executed, without trial, four #IrishRepublicanArmy leaders from the anti-treaty side in the #IrishCivilWar. Alphabetically: #DickBarrett, #JoeMcKelvey, #LiamMellows, and #RoryOConnor.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDDec 6
#ThisDayInHistory holds two related anniversaries. In 1921, the #AngloIrishTreaty was signed, ending the #IrishWarOfIndependence. And in 1922, #IrishFreeState and #NorthernIreland came into existence. #Ireland later rejected Commonwealth & became a republic; NI is still occupied.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDNov 24
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1922, the #IrishFreeState executed nine men, including novelist #ErskineChilders (who was killed for owning a pistol while being Protestant). Free State executed at ~3x the rate of the UK during the independence war, contributing to the #IrishCivilWar.
Show threadClaire McNabOct 22

When Ireland unites, it must be as an independent Republic, and not as some sort of satellite of the massively dysfunctional so-called "United Kingdom". We haven't spent a century building an independent Republic just to trade it for some quasi-British 32-county #IrishFreeState.

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iamBullivantJul 11, 2025

A ceasefire in the Irish War of Independence began on 11 July 1921. The post-ceasefire talks led to the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921. This ended British rule in most of Ireland and, after a ten-month transitional period overseen by a provisional government, the Irish Free State was created as a self-governing Dominion on 6 December 1922.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishWarOfIndependence #AngloIrishTreaty #OnThisDay #IrishFreeState #OnThisDay

iamBullivantJan 16, 2025

On 16th January 1922 Michael Collins took control of Dublin Castle from the British authorities on behalf of the new Irish Free State. Photo: Michael Collins ‘bouncing’ out through the Chief Secretary’s door after the Handover preceded by Kevin O’Higgins. (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland). O'Higgins was also assassinated by anti-Treaty members of the IRA.

#MichaelCollins #DublinCastle #IrishFreeState #Ireland #IrishHistory