Houses of Oireachtas

The Treaty Debates

open_in_new

website, 2021

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann 100

open_in_new

website, 2019

NLI 1916

Seán McDermott

Photograph & RIA Biography

UCD

Richard Mulcahy

Photograph & RIA Biography

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Eamon de Valera

photograph & RIA Biography

National Portrait Gallery

The Mad Bull (James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon; Michael Collins)

cartoon, 15 February 1922

National Portrait Gallery

James Craig

photograph & RIA Biography

RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

open_in_new

article, 2021

RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

open_in_new

article, 2021

RTE

How the Treaty debate changed Irish politics forever

open_in_new

article, 2021

RTE

The Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

open_in_new

article, 2022

RTE

The Geography of the War of Independence

open_in_new

article, 2021

The Origins of Northern Ireland

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National Portrait Gallery

Ulster Unionist Leaders

photograph, 29 June 1920

YouTube - RTE

Why did Edward Carson not become Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister?

video clip, 2021

YouTube - RTE

What role did sectarianism play in the creation of Northern Ireland?

video clip, 2021

Google Arts and Culture

Memorandum from Arthur Griffith to de Valera on Ulster

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document, 8 November 1921

History Ireland

The emergence of the ‘Two Irelands’, 1912–25

Article, 2004

PRONI

Report on Local Government Bill (Northern Ireland)

document, September 1922

PRONI

Telegram from Churchill to Cosgrave

telegram, 11 September 1922

PRONI

NI Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment Increase

document, 30 July 1923

PRONI

Northern Ireland Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment

document, 01 April 1922

PRONI

Churchill’s telegram to Craig no.60

telegram, 24 March 1922

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Edward Carson

video clip, 2015

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Ulster Unionism

video clip, 2015

Houses of Oireachtas

Cmdt. Sean O’Hegarty addresses Dáil Éireann

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speech, 3 May 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

De Valera’s alternative to the Treaty

open_in_new

debate, 15 December 1921

RTE Archives

First Dáil

open_in_new

video clip, 2019

Hansard

Prime Minister’s Announcement – Ireland

open_in_new

speech, 10 December 1920

Youtube RTE

British Policy and the 1916 Rising

video clip, 2016

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha

video clip, 2015

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – Treaty Debates

video clip, 2015

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015

Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980

Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Six Counties

TV programme, 1980

Youtube RTE

Ireland’s Greatest – Michael Collins

TV programme, 2013

BBC Youtube

BBC’s: The Story of Ireland – Age of Nations

TV programme, 2012

PRONI

Open Divisional Commissioner’s bi-monthly report

document, 15 February 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

The National Situation – Cmdt. Seán O’Hegarty

open_in_new

speech, 3 May 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Debate: executions of four IRA leaders

open_in_new

speech, 8 December 1922

National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. The Irish Situation.

open_in_new

document, 30 May 1922

National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. Ireland.  

open_in_new

document, 16 May 1922

Down County Museum

County Down Outrages

newspaper cutting, 3 June 1922

Hansard

Ulster Special Constabulary

open_in_new

speech, 15 May 1922

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

photograph, 1921

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Extract from statement by Michael Collins on Northern Ireland policy

open_in_new

document, 4 February 1922

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Belfast Boycott

leaflet, August 1920

History Ireland

Tit-for-tat: the War of Independence in the northern counties

open_in_new

article, 2012

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Michael Collins to James Craig (Belfast)

open_in_new

letter, 27 April 1922

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Heads of agreement between the provisional government and the government of Northern Ireland

open_in_new

document, 30 March 1922

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

The Collins – Craig agreement

open_in_new

document, 23 January 1922

Youtube

Ulster Parliament (1921)

newsreel, 1921

BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: James Craig and the Catholic Minority

open_in_new

video clip, 2014

History Ireland

The Boundary Commission Debacle 1925, aftermath & implications

open_in_new

article, 1996

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Notes of a conference with the Irish Boundary Commission

open_in_new

document, 3 December 1925

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Irish Boundary Changes

newspaper cutting, 7 November 1925

National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

open_in_new

document, 20 July 1921

National Archives UK

Letter from General Smuts to Eamon de Valera

open_in_new

letter, 4 August 1921

National Archives UK

Letter from Sir James Craig to the Prime Minister

open_in_new

document, 29 July 1921

National Archives UK

Letter from Lloyd George inviting Craig and de Valera to a conference

open_in_new

document, 24 June 1921

Bureau of Military History

The Third Dáil

newsletter, 24 June 1922

Bicycles, Barracks & Bandoliers

Memo regarding Catholic recruitment in the RUC and USC

memo, March 1922

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Craig-Collins Pact

leaflet, 30 March 1922

Irish Film Institute

Ulster Parliament Assembles

newsreel, 1921

UCD History Hub

The Irish Civil War (Irish Revolution Lecture 10)

podcast, 2014

Houses of Oireachtas

Election of new president of Dáil Éireann

open_in_new

debate, 10 January 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil debates Treaty: Eamon de Valera resigns

open_in_new

debate, 9 January 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann votes on Treaty

open_in_new

debate, 7 January 1922

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann debate on the Treaty

open_in_new

debate, 19 December 1921

Irish Film Institute

Irish peace imperilled by extremists

newsreel, December 1921

UCD History Hub

Reaction to the Treaty (Irish Revolution Lecture 9)

podcast, 2014

UCD History Hub

The Anglo-Irish Treaty (The Irish Revolution Lecture 8)

podcast, 2014

Google Arts and Culture

Instructions to Plenipotentiaries from Cabinet

open_in_new

document, 7 October 1921

Houses of Oireachtas

Correspondence between de Valera and Lloyd George

open_in_new

debate, 14 September 1921

Hathi Trust Digital Library

The struggle of the Irish people. Address to the Congress of the United States

book, January 1921

National Museums Ireland

Republican Courts

document, February 1921

UCD History Hub

Anglo-Irish War/War of Independence (The Irish Revolution Lecture 7)

podcast, 2014

House of Oireachtas

Message to the Free Nations of the World

open_in_new

debate, 21 January 1919

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Members of the First Dáil at a meeting April 10th, 1919

photograph, 10 April 1919

Houses of Oireachtas

Dáil Éireann Declaration of Independence

open_in_new

debate, 21 January 1919

NLI

Message of Dáil Eireann to the Free Nations

leaflet, 21 January 1919

Irish Independent 1916 collection

After the Shooting Stopped

article, 2017

Daily Telegraph

Conference on the Ulster Crisis

newspaper, 22 July 1914

Down County Museum

East Down Unionist Association calendar for the UVF

calendar, 1913

History Ireland

The search for Statutory Ulster

open_in_new

article, 2009

History Ireland

Edward Carson: Ulster unionist or Irish patriot?

open_in_new

article, 2012

Youtube

The Ulster Solemn League and Covenant – BBC Documentary

TV programme, 2012

BBC

Ulster Covenant – Edward Carson and James Craig

open_in_new

video clip, 2012

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Unionist Clubs and Orangemen en route to Balmoral Showgrounds

photograph, April 1912