Just over 100 years ago, the fledgling Irish Free State sent Timothy Smiddy to Washington, D.C. Smiddy was the new Irish ...

For Ireland, taking our place among the nations of the world meant taking our place in Washington, D.C. Ireland’s deep ties ...

But the treaty, which created an independent Irish Free State, was highly controversial and was only narrowly passed by the Dáil (Irish parliament) in January 1922 after a series of stormy debates.

To Dubliners last week Armistice Day was just another unpleasant reminder that Great Britain and the Irish Free State are still parts of the same Empire. They showed their feelings by dynamiting ...

The constitution of the Irish Free State became law on 6 December 1922. Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed on 6 December 1921, the constitution had to come into force within a year.

The situation was not eased following the establishment of the Irish Free State and the Civil War that followed. By the time the dust had settled, Leopardstown Park was one of just three hospitals ...

A mural paying tribute to Joe McKelvey can be found in west Belfast A young republican from west Belfast was among four prisoners executed in Dublin as the new Irish Free State government tried to ...

Reporting on the recently published set of the Irish Free State’s national accounts, the Irish Independent of December 22 said the fledgling State’s finances were in a precarious state showing ...

THE Geneva correspondent of the “Daily News” says: - The Treaty between the Irish Free State and the British Government was, it will be remembered, registered by the former with the ...