{"slug": "irish-free-state", "label": "Irish Free State", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31747", "qid": "Q31747", "description": "state on the island of Ireland between December 1922 and December 1937", "entries": 16, "years": 10, "span": [1921, 1937], "span_label": ["1921 CE", "1937 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 12}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "eamon-de-valera", "label": "Éamon de Valera", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-ireland", "label": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dominion-of-newfoundland", "label": "Dominion of Newfoundland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-ireland", "label": "Republic of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "taoiseach", "label": "Taoiseach", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "president-of-ireland", "label": "President of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-v", "label": "George V", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, an independent nation incorporating 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, is signed in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#December", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 6", "text": "6 December – British and Irish negotiators sign the Anglo-Irish Treaty in London giving independence to the Irish Free State.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372202989#July_to_December", "title": "1921 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1372202989, "section": "Events › July to December"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Popular author and anti-Treaty Republican Erskine Childers is executed by firing squad in Dublin, after conviction by an Irish Free State military court for the unlawful possession of a gun, a weapon presented to him by Michael Collins in 1920 as a gift.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#November", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – The Irish Free State officially comes into existence. 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The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#April", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 12", "text": "12 April – The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341911130#Events", "title": "1927 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1341911130, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 12", "text": "12 December – the first Irish coinage is circulated in the state making complete the introduction of banknotes and coinage of the Irish Free State.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358048508#Events", "title": "1928 in Ireland", "revid": 1358048508, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand and the Union of South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#December", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – In the Irish Free State, Dáil Éireann abolishes the oath of allegiance to the British Crown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#May", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1935, "year_label": "1935 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "1 April – The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301064646#Events", "title": "1935 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1301064646, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685,105 votes to 527,945.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#July", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – Éamon de Valera is elected President of the Executive Council (prime minister) of the Irish Free State, by the Dáil (parliament).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#July", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes \"Ireland\", and Éamon de Valera becomes the first Taoiseach (prime minister) of the new state. A Presidential Commission (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the popular election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938. The new constitution prohibits divorce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#December", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › December"}}]}