The Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by Irish and British negotiators in London on December 6, 1921, established a self-governing Irish state after centuries of British rule. Here, John Gibney, Assistant Editor with the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series, gives an overview of the historic event.
The ‘Articles of Agreement’ commonly known as the Treaty were signed in London in the early hours of the morning of 6 December 1921. They were signed by a divided Irish delegation under threat of a.