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New page: The '''Irish Civil War''' took place in the Irish Free State in 1922-23 between supporters and opponents of the treaty with Great Britain that had established the Free State. The t...
The '''Irish Civil War''' took place in the [[Irish Free State]] in 1922-23 between supporters and opponents of the treaty with [[Great Britain]] that had established the Free State. The treaty gave virtual independence to 26 counties of [[Ireland]] (excluding the six counties of [[Northern Ireland]]), but maintained that the new state remained within the [[British Empire]] and that members of the [[Dail Eireann]] should make an oath of allegiance to the British monarch - at the time, [[George V]] - as head of the Empire. The question of the oath, rather than that of [[Partition]], led to a split in the [[IRA]] and triggered the conflict that followed.
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