The Irish Free State Officially Comes to Existence 1922

#OnThisDay 1922 Saorstát Éireann, the Irish Free State, officially came into being. It had dominion status within the British Commonwealth with an Oath of Allegiance to the British monarch. For one day it was the whole island before Northern Ireland opted out.

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