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Irish Free State
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Irish Free State
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Irish Free State
n
(Placename) a former name for the (Republic of) Ireland (1921-37)
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Because hardliners regarded the Irish Free State formed by Michael Collins in 1921 and Eamon de Valera's later governments as apostates who abandoned republican purity and embraced constitutional politics, those who remained loyal to the original Irish republic envisaged by the rebels of 1916 were deemed the true, authentic government of Ireland.
The men who rule the IRA by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
00 Hardcover DA990 Torn down to its roots and then built up slowly again, ever in danger of shattering, and even now in more hopeful times still delicate, relations amongst what would become the Irish Free State, the North, and Britain have had the dynamism of a tornado.
British-Irish relations and Northern Ireland; from violent politics ... by Reference & Research Book News
99 THESE two great leaders were involved in many key political developments, such as the birth of the welfare state, votes for women, the creation of the Irish Free State, the abdication crisis and two world wars.
Giants of our politics; Book SHELF by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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