What happened when Éamon de Valera toured America during the start of the War of Independence

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Certificate of the (Anglo-Irish) Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed 6th December 1921, to be submitted to Dáil Éireann for ratification by Arthur Griffith. Image courtesy of National Library of Ireland

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 …

History • 10 Dec 21

The signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty

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 …

History • 06 Dec 21

Smoke coming from the Custom House

The burning of the Custom House

It was an attack on the British administration that drew international attention. Liz Gillis explains how it happened

Custom House Fire • 24 May 21

Castlebernard, County Cork, burned during the War of Independence

The Big House and the War of Independence

They were symbols of colonial privilege - and that's why they became targets. Maeve O'Riordan explains what happened to Ireland's Big Houses during the War …

Big House Burning • 10 Dec 21

The Treaty

Treaty

Treaty • 07 Jan 22

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