Anglo-Irish Treaty: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	1921
Participants	Ireland • United Kingdom

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Signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty by the Irish delegation

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Key People

David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

prime minister of United Kingdom

Arthur Griffith

Arthur Griffith

president of Dáil Éireann

Michael Collins seated with arms crossed, wearing a dark suit and tie, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait.

Michael Collins

Irish statesman

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead

British statesman