Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Picture of Dail Eireann As a set off to this, the Free State should be released from its obligations under Article 5 of the Treaty, in regard to the public debt of the United Kingdom and the War Pensions. It should, however, assume the responsibility of compensating for malicious injuries, done within its territory [...]

The British Government proclaimed the Dail, the Sinn Fein organisation, and later the Gaelic League as illegal bodies, but this produced no effect. Meetings were held ” in secret,” but really with the full knowledge of large numbers of persons, probably often also with that of the police, who had no desire to incur risks [...]