The Anglo Irish Treaty
Timeline of Treaty from the Treaty Exhibition website: http://treaty.nationalarchives.ie/timeline/
We have brought back the flag; we have brought back the evacuation of Ireland after 700 years by British troops...We have brought back to Ireland her full rights and powers of fisical control -Arthur Griffith Why was my husband murdered? Why am I a window? Was it that I should come here and give my vote for a Treaty that puts Ireland wihin the British Empire? - Kathleen O' Callaghan |
I have sworn an oath to the Republic, and for that reason I could not vote for the Treaty - Sean Mac Swiney Think—what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd , how ridiculous —a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago -M.Collins |
In my opinion it gives us freedom, not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire and develop to, but the freedom to achieve it - M. Collins ...if this Treaty is ratified the, the result will be a divided people; the same old division will go on' those who will enter the British Empire and those who will not, and so England's old game of divide and conquer goes on - Kathleen Clarke |
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Here is an article from History Ireland about the differing views and aspirations of Collins and Churchill
Below is a document containing a piece by Professor Michael Laffan (UCD) on the creep towards partition. Well worth a read.
Blog entry relating to Arthur Griffith's contribution to the Treaty.
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