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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.
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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.
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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.
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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.
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In 1922, #LeinsterHouse became the home of the #Oireachtas, the Parliament of the new #IrishFreeState. There were regular protests at the presence of the #AuldBitch.In July 1948, as the Republic of Ireland Bill was debated, the statue's 8-week removal process began. Victoria made way for a carpark.
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On 16th January 1922 Michael Collins took control of Dublin Castle from the British authorities on behalf of the new Irish Free State. Photo: Michael Collins ‘bouncing’ out through the Chief Secretary’s door after the Handover preceded by Kevin O’Higgins. (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland). O'Higgins was also assassinated by anti-Treaty members of the IRA.
#MichaelCollins #DublinCastle #IrishFreeState #Ireland #IrishHistory
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News of Deputy Seán Hales' assassination as he left the Dáil in Dublin #OTD 1922 reported in French paper 'Le Temps'
Also reports of anti-Treaty force attack on national army troops in #Cork and news from #Belfast's new parliament
Source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k244948n/f2 #IrishCivilWar #IrishFreeState #newspaperarchives
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When people ask when was the Irish state founded, I usually respond "it's complicated".
For example: could claim the signing of the 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty which ended the War of Independence. That immediately split the country triggering civil war. During the civil war, #100YearsAgo the Constitution came into effect on 1922-12-06.
Then the civil war ended in 1923. The Irish Free State ended with a new constitution in 1937 when we officially became #Ireland
#IrishFreeState #FreeStateConstitution