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Staging the Treaty: the drama bringing the debate to life

Theo Dorgan explains how he came to write a stage production of the debates that changed the future of Ireland.
The Treaty • 11 Jan 23

Blurred lines: the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

The British may have formally handed over power in January 1922, but the subsequent creation of a new government was a complex business. Helene O'Keeffe explains what happened.
Dublin Castle • 12 Jan 22

How the Treaty debate changed Irish politics forever

If the Treaty had been rejected, there might have been a very different sort of civil war. Liam Weeks and Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh explain the importance of the debate in the second Dáil that led to its acceptance
History • 10 Dec 21

Peace by ordeal: how the Treaty was signed

The negotiations were fraught, the result was divisive. Diarmaid Ferriter tells the story of a historic Anglo-Irish compromise that set the scene for a fatal division of the Irish republican movement.
History • 06 Dec 21

The Treaty

Treaty
Treaty • 07 Jan 22

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