Anglo-Irish Treaty

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Signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty by the Irish delegation

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Anglo-Irish Treaty: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Date	1921
Participants	Ireland • United Kingdom

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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

Michael Collins

Irish statesman

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead

British statesman