Irish Free State
Americannoun
noun
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Charlie was born just a few months before the Irish Free State - as it was then known - played its first international football match.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
In 1922, the Irish Free State was created through the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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
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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