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Political map of the island of Ireland today showing Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland Negotiations between the British and Irish negotiating teams produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty, concluded on 6 December 1921. The Irish team was led by Michael Collins, who had organised the IRA intelligence during the War of Independence. The British team led by David Lloyd George Ireland became a Republic 75 years ago on April 18, 1949. Although the majority of Ireland gained its independence from Britain in the 1920s, it wasn't until the 1940s when what is now known as the Republic of Ireland completely severed ties with the nation that formerly ruled over it. Ireland is world renowned for the hospitality, heritage, culture, and the Craic, we are still missing a trick: Celebrating The Independence Day declared on the 21st of January 1919 and achieved through a peaceful, lawful 32-county election in December 1918. Join us on a new Journey Ahead to Celebrate our Independence every year! That’s about to change. We had great fun last year and this The Irish Free State, comprising four-fifths of Ireland, is declared, ending a five-year Irish struggle for independence from Britain. Like other autonomous nations of the former British Empire When are we to mark Irish independence? The Irish State has an independence day, even if it is not given any official recognition. It is December 6th. On 21 January 1919, the newly elected Sinn Féin politicians gathered in Dublin to establish Dáil Éireann - a new Irish parliament - and proclaimed Irish independence. The Proclamation served two principal functions. First, it declared Ireland to be a Republic, thereby repudiating the authority of the “English” Crown in Ireland. Second, it stated that that Republic was a “Sovereign Independent State”. Ireland was formally a Republic. By the External Relations Act (passed last December and proclaimed this week) it had severed its last direct tie with the British crown. The 21st of January every year is Ireland's Independence Day and should be Encouraged to be celebrated accordingly. Commemorative events- ceremonies, memorials, speeches that reflect the importance of the Day and the Sacrifice made for Independence. Many consider Ireland’s Independence Day to be April 24 th. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic commenced the Easter Rising on April 24, 1916. That is a day to remember with pride and is indeed a worthy candidate for Independence Day. So now we have two genuinely and equally worthy days. On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act came into force, proclaiming Ireland a fully sovereign republic and cutting its last ties to the British Crown. This wasn’t a fleeting moment but the culmination of centuries of defiance—from the blood-soaked streets of Dublin in 1916 to the guerrilla shadows of the War of Independence. The Declaration of Independence (Irish: Forógra na Saoirse, French: Déclaration d'indépendance) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919. The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien government 75 years ago on April 18th 1949, a significant milestone in Irish history occurred as the nation formally severed ties with the British Commonwealth. With the Republic of Ireland Act, 66 years ago today Ireland declared its total independence, officially becoming the Republic of Ireland rather than the “Irish Free State” within the British Commonwealth. The Irish Republic (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann) [1] was a revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1919. [2] The Republic claimed jurisdiction over the whole island of Ireland, but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of Ireland's 32 counties, [3] and British state forces Ireland's Dominion status was terminated with the passage of The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which came into force on 18 April 1949 and declared that the state was a republic. [50][51] At the time, a declaration of a republic terminated Commonwealth membership. The Republic of Ireland is unique among the nation states which emerged after the first World War in that it has no independence day. The Irish State is 100 years old today yet there is no bank On December 6, 1922, Ireland’s struggle for independence from the United Kingdom reached a turning point. With the creation of the Irish Free State, 26 of 32 Irish counties received considerable, albeit not complete, independence. Map of the Irish Boundary Commission's border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, 1925. The following day, however, six counties in the historical The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse), [2] also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special
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