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Dublin Castle Handover: 1922 Significance by dara o riordain is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The article summarizes the handover of Dublin Castle from British to Irish control on January 16th, 1922. This event marked an important step in the creation of an independent Irish state, though politics behind it were complex as the Dáil had only ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty a week prior. The handover was a symbolic end to years of violence but civil war was looming. It also initiated the transition of Irish governance from British civil servants to a new Irish system, though the new state
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