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1922
 
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Bitter war breaks out between factions of the IRA supporting and opposing the Anglo-Irish Treaty       
1922
 
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The Irish Free State takes stringent measures against rebel terrorism, making possession even of a pistol a capital offence      
1922
 
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After Michael Collins is killed in an ambush, William Cosgrave and Kevin O'Higgins emerge as leaders of the Irish Free State        
Assassination of Collins, colour print 1922
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1922
 
    
Erskine Childers is sent before a firing squad in the Irish Free State for possession of a revolver       
1922
 
    
With the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the 26 counties of southern Ireland formally become the Irish Free State       
1922
 
    
William Thomas Cosgrave becomes the first prime minister of the Irish Free State       
1923
 
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De Valera and the IRA lay down their arms, bringing to an end the Irish civil war       
1923
 
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De Valera and his followers do well in elections to the Dáil but decline to take their seats       
1923
 
     
Sean O'Casey's first play The Shadow of a Gunman is performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin        
1924
 
     
Sean O'Casey's second play Juno and the Paycock is performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin