8. The Anglo-Irish Treaty (an agreement is reached)

How did the Dail vote for the treaty?

In favour (64-57)

What was said, by one pro-treaty voter? Who was he?

Richard Mulcahy- “We have not yet been able to drive the enemy away from anything but a decent sized police barracks

What happened to Ireland’s leadership once the treaty passed?

DeV resigned in place of Griffith, with Collins as Head of State

What happened to the IRA?

It split into pro and anti treaty sides, some members refusing to respond to Lynch’s supreme council

When did the people of Ireland vote and what was their verdict?

May 1928, it passed

What were the anti-treaty side referred to as?

“Irregulars”

What did the treaty cause

Violence- the civil war

What did Collins do?

Shelled the irregular occupied 4 Courts using British weaponry, marking the beginning of the Civil War