Anglo Irish treaty

• •  Éamon de Valera agreed to negotiations with British Prime Minister Lloyd George.
• • Signed (Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins)on 6th December 1921, the Treaty included terms like:
  • Ireland becoming a dominion within the British Empire, called the Irish Free State.
  • TDs swearing an oath of allegiance to the British Crown.
  • Northern Ireland remaining part of Britain with its own parliament.
  • A boundary commission to decide the border between north and south.
• • The Dáil was divided over the Treaty, with pro-Treaty figures like Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins arguing for it as a stepping stone to full independence, and anti-Treaty figures like Éamon de Valera opposing it for not achieving a republic.
  • De Valera then resigned