Irish Free State
Americannoun
noun
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In the Irish Free State, the King remained sovereign and parliamentarians had to take an oath of allegiance to him, but the ties with London were radically loosened by the 1921 treaty.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
Brian O’Doherty was born on May 4, 1928, in Ballaghaderreen, a town in the northwestern part of what was then called the Irish Free State.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022
King George V visited in 1911, a decade before the creation of the Irish Free State.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022
The treaty allowed for the creation of an independent Irish Free State within the British Empire and confirmed the partition of the island of Ireland.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022
He’s from the North and he leaves you here to get the relief from the Irish Free State.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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