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| 1921 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" |  |
| 22nd Aug Cork Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork |
| Dec Dublin Most of the Irish Republican Army oppose the Treaty, opening the prospect of civil war |
| Dec Dublin The Treaty is controversial, amon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic is unhappy that Collins had signed any deal without his and his cabinet's authorisation |
| 6th Dec London Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December World for the year 1921">1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State" |
| 6th Dec London Republican purists regard it as a sell-out, with the replacement of the republic by dominion status within the British Empire, and an Oath of Allegiance made (it was then claimed) directly to the King |
| 6th Dec London The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish government elected by a lower house called Dil ireann |
| 6th Dec London The treaty provides for a possible all-Ireland state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does) |
| 1921 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Dec Dublin The Treaty is controversial, amon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic is unhappy that Collins had signed any deal without his and his cabinet's authorisation |
| 6th Dec London Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December World for the year 1921">1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State" |
| 6th Dec London Republican purists regard it as a sell-out, with the replacement of the republic by dominion status within the British Empire, and an Oath of Allegiance made (it was then claimed) directly to the King |
| 6th Dec London The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish government elected by a lower house called Dil ireann |
| 6th Dec London The treaty provides for a possible all-Ireland state, subject to the right of a six-county region in the northeast to opt out of the Free State (which it immediately does) |
| 1922 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin A group of 200 anti-Treaty IRA men occupy the Four Courts in Dublin in defiance of the Provisional government, Collins , who wanted to avoid civil war at all costs, does not attack them until June World for the year 1922">1922, when British pressure forced his hand |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |
| 1922 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Dublin De Valera joins the anti-treaty faction opposing the perceived concessions |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |