15h 18min, dec 6, 1921 y - Anglo Irish Treaty
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This partitioned granted southern Ireland independence as the "free Irish state". Ulster remained part of the United Kingdom. The treaty sparked Civil War, making a remarkable historic event seen as both an achievement and a contemporary political failure. This caused Unionists to lose hope in Lloyd George- one reason for his fall in 1922.
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15h 18min, dec 6, 1921 y
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~ 103 years ago