The Treaty

Debating and Establishing the Irish State

By: Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

‘I tell you this early morning I signed my death warrant’ Michael Collins on the day that the Anglo-Irish Treaty was concluded, 6 December 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 was narrowly accepted by the revolutionary Dáil Éireann in January 1922, splitting Sinn Féin irrevocably and leading to the Irish Civil War, a rupture that still defines the Irish political landscape almost one hundred years on. Drawing together the work of a diverse range of scholars, who each re-examine this critical period in Irish political history from a variety of fascinating perspectives, The Treaty addresses the vexed question of the vote itself – how political factions were represented and how they fashioned their fervent rhetoric – and the enduring shockwaves it sent through Irish society.