The treaty / Gretchen Fruemann.
Publication details: Newbridge, Co. Kildare : Merrion Press, 2021.Description: 298 p. : illustrations, 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 23 941.50821
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| Loanable Book | Library | Irish Collection | 941.50821 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000417706 |
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"The gripping story of the negotioations that brought about Irish independence and led to the civil war" - front cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Close encounters -- Improvising a nation -- London -- War or peace? -- Opposition and division -- Casting and gathering -- Power and intent -- Crossings -- Last days -- Aftermath -- Endnotes.
On the morning of 11 OCtober 1921, the world's media wathced as Michael Collins, leader of The iIrish murder gang', bounded through the door of 10 Downing Street. Moments later, he shook hands with the British prime minister.
So began the first day of the most important political negotiations in modern Anglo-Irish history. Nearly tow months later, int he early hours of 6 December 1921, the talks culminated in the signing of what in Ireland is hnown simply as 'the Treaty' - a document that had been designed to end one violent conflict, but which soon gave rise to another. - Book cover.
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