Eamon de Valera – Partition Portal

National Museums Ireland

Howth Gun Running, 1914

Photograph, 26 July 1914

Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Eamon de Valera, gun-running, Howth, Irish Volunteers

National Archives

Ireland Home Rule Bill and Conscription

document, 18 June 1918

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, Catholic church, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule Bill, Lord Curzon, Nationalists, Unionists, Walter Long, War Cabinet

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, assassination, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First Dáil, flying columns, guerilla warfare, hunger strike, IRA, Kevin Barry, killings, Michael Collins, Patrick Geoghegan, Republican Courts, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Terence MacSwiney, Tom Barry, Tomas MacCurtain, Walter Long

History Hub

Diarmaid Ferriter discusses the Anglo Irish Treaty (Full Interview)

video clip, 2020

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish Truce, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Empire, British government, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Document no.2, domain status, Eamon de Valera, external association, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, General Nevil Macready, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Republicans, Sinn Féin, truce, Winston Churchill

RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

article, 2021

Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, NI government rule 1921-25, Anglo-Irish War, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1921 Norther Ireland general election, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Civil Authorities Special Powers Act, Craig-Collins pact, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, IRA, Irish Civil War, James Craig, King George V, McMahon murders, Michael Collins, Provisional Government, treaty talks, Winston Churchill

National Archives UK

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

document, 24 June 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, King George V, London, pre-treaty talks, truce

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, Exclusion of Ulster, IRA, IRB, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, plenipotentiaries, pre-treaty talks, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave

National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

document, 20 July 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, British government, Council of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, RIC

National Archives UK

Letter from Sir James Craig to the Prime Minister

document, 29 July 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, pre-treaty talks, Ulster Unionists

National Archives UK

Letter from General Smuts to Eamon de Valera

letter, 4 August 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, General Jan Smuts, Home Rule, James Craig, pre-treaty talks

National Archives UK

Correspondence between Lloyd George and de Valera

document, 10 August 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags British government, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance

Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Army, Cathal Brugha, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Free State, Irregulars, James Craig, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, National Army, oath of allegiance, Partition, pro-treaty forces, Regulars, riots, Rory O'Connor, sectarianism, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave

Google Arts and Culture

Memorandum from Arthur Griffith to de Valera on Ulster

document, 8 November 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, treaty talks, Ulster

RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

article, 2021

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, external association, General Jan Smuts, IRA, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Robert Barton, Sinn Féin, Winston Churchill

YouTube - RTE/BBC

THE TREATY (1991 Drama)

video, 1991

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, negotiations, oath of allegiance, treaty talks

Irish Film Institute

Irish peace imperilled by extremists

newsreel, December 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Michael Collins, release of prisoners

Houses of Oireachtas

De Valera’s alternative to the Treaty

debate, 15 December 1921

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Dáil Éireann, Document no.2, Eamon de Valera, Irish Republic, oath of allegiance

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – Treaty Debates

video clip, 2015

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Boundary Commission, Countess Markievicz, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, Irish Republic, James Connolly, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Patrick Geoghegan, Treaty debates

National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. The Irish Situation.

document, 30 May 1922

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, election, IFS Constitution, Michael Collins, pro-treaty forces, Republicans, RIC, Unionists, Winston Churchill

Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Irish Civil War

video clip, 2015

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Collins de Valera pact, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Patrick Geoghegan, pro-treaty forces, Rory O'Connor, W. T. Cosgrave

National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum – Ireland (Draft Constitution)

document, 1 June 1922

Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, IFS Constitution, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Southern Ireland, Ulster