Agreement
Signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921
British and Irish delegations signed the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland in London on 6 December 1921, ending the Irish War of Independence and providing for the Irish Free State as a self-governing dominion.
What happened
The Treaty was signed in London on 6 December 1921 by British negotiators led by Prime Minister David Lloyd George and an Irish delegation led by Arthur Griffith, on behalf of Dáil Éireann.[1] Article 1 provided that "Ireland shall have the same constitutional status in the Community of Nations known as the British Empire as the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand and the Union of South Africa, with a Parliament having powers to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Ireland and an Executive responsible to that Parliament, and shall be styled and known as the Irish Free State."[1]
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Claim: The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London on 6 December 1921 by British and Irish delegations, ending the Irish War of Independence. Article 1 provided: "Ireland shall have the same constitutional status in the Community of Nations known as the British Empire as the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand and the Union of South Africa, with a Parliament having powers to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Ireland and an Executive responsible to that Parliament, and shall be styled and known as the Irish Free State."
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Delegation of Dáil Éireann, Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland (6 December 1921) link, Article 1. Government perspective or primary official source Source record