The Anglo-Irish Treaty

Question 1

The Irish delegation included

Answer 1

Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Robert Barton, Éamonn Duggan and George Gavan Duffy. Erskine Childers also went to London as a secretary.

Question 2

Why didnt De Valera go to the Treaty

Answer 2

De Valera did not go, as he wanted information to be brough back to him before any decisions were officially made, this would give the delegation extra time as it took a while for the information to be delivered.
He also wanted to be in Ireland to deal with groups like the IRA if needed

Question 3

Who were the British delation

Answer 3

Lloyd Geogre, Winston Churchill, Austin Chamerberlain and Lord Birkenhead. They were experienced in politics and negotiation, having just negotiated the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WW1.

Question 4

The Irish delegation wanted

Answer 4

A republic completely independent of Britian

No border / partition between north and south

Question 5

The British delegation wanted

Answer 5

To keep Ireland within the British Empire

To protect the Ulster Unionists

Question 6

The negtiations

Answer 6

The negotiations lasted for October to December 1921.

They were pressured by Lloyd Geogre to accept a deal, with the threat of war if they refused

Question 7

The terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Answer 7

On 6th December 1921, the treaty was signed

1. Ireland would be a dominion
2. All TD’s would have to take oath of allegiance to the British Crown.
3. Northern Ireland would continue to stay in Britian and have its own parliament.
4. A boundary commission would set up to decide a border between the north and south of Ireland

Question 8

Dominion

Answer 8

A self-governing country within the British Empire