Irish Free State

Pre-republic Dublin government

The Irish Free State was the self-governing dominion established in 1922 after Ireland's war of independence from Britain, comprising 26 of Ireland's 32 counties.

Six northern counties remained part of the United Kingdom.

The state became the Republic of Ireland in 1949, shedding its formal ties to the British Crown.

1922-1937

Michael Collins

King George V · Balfour Declaration · censorship

governance

Constitution

Governing principles document

legislation · sovereignty · charter · provision · ratification · amendment · fundamental rights · enactment · self-governance

geography

Dublin

Irish capital city

Munster · border · Donegal · Kerry

independence

sovereignty

Supreme independent authority

liberation · republic · home rule · Easter Rising · decolonization · secession · emancipation · self-government

Categories
Opposites
political status within the British Empire

Irish Free StateUnited Kingdom

Atlantic archipelago nation

British rule · British Empire

partition entities

Irish Free StateNorthern Ireland

UK territory sharing island

Ulster · United Ireland

Irish constitutional evolution

Irish Free StateRepublic of Ireland

Sovereign state, emerald isle

Irish Republic · the Republic · independent republic

Family

Irish, State, Ireland, Irishman, Irishmen, Irishwoman, Irishwomen, free, freed

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