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The 40 pages that link to Irish Free State, each with the reason it gives.

• Irish nationalismBroader topic: Its creation fulfilled a major nationalist objective but not the goal of a united independent republic.

• United KingdomRelated: Its establishment left Northern Ireland as the part of Ireland remaining in the United Kingdom.

• Irish War of IndependenceBroader topic: It was the state created by the treaty settlement that followed the war.

• Anglo-Irish TreatyBroader topic: The treaty’s principal constitutional outcome was this new dominion.

• DublinRelated: Dublin became its capital after British rule ended.

• Easter RisingRelated: Its creation fulfilled part, but not all, of the republican project declared in 1916.

• Irish Literary RevivalCompared with: Political independence followed the revival, but did not resolve its cultural debates.

• Irish republicanismCompared with: Its constitutional ties to the Crown made the settlement unacceptable to anti-Treaty republicans.

• Partition of IrelandBroader topic: It formed the southern state created by the settlement and later became the Republic of Ireland.

• Éamon de ValeraNarrower topic: De Valera first opposed this state’s treaty terms, then entered its parliament and government.

• Irish Civil WarBroader topic: Its formation was the political outcome that Treaty supporters defended.

• W. B. YeatsRelated: Yeats served as a senator, bringing his literary authority into the new state’s public life.

• Irish languageRelated: Its government made Irish a central symbol and object of national language policy.

• Celtic RevivalRelated: The new state inherited revival-era debates over language, culture, and national identity.

• Irish Republican ArmyBroader topic: The independence-era IRA campaign helped bring this state into being.

• William Ewart GladstoneRelated: It emerged decades after Gladstone’s Home Rule campaigns, which made Irish self-government a central British issue.

• George VRelated: Its separation from the United Kingdom tested the political unity of George V’s realm.

• Government of Ireland Act 1920Broader topic: It replaced Southern Ireland as the main outcome of the Act’s southern provisions.

• Michael CollinsRelated: Collins became chairman of its provisional government and helped establish its institutions.

• Statute of Westminster 1931Broader topic: The act extended legislative autonomy to the Irish Free State amid continuing constitutional conflict with Britain.

• DominionRelated: Its contested constitutional ties exposed how dominion autonomy could differ from full republican independence.

• Dáil ÉireannBroader topic: It replaced the revolutionary government with a new state whose constitutional basis Treaty opponents rejected.

• Irish Republican BrotherhoodRelated: Its creation fell short of the all-Ireland republic the Brotherhood had sought.

• Arthur GriffithRelated: Griffith helped establish the state whose institutions emerged from the treaty settlement.

• Charles Stewart ParnellBroader topic: Its creation came decades after Parnell and through a different political struggle for Irish self-government.

• Irish language revivalRelated: The new state adopted Irish promotion as a public project after independence.

• Republic of IrelandBroader topic: It was the direct predecessor of the present state.

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBroader topic: Its establishment removed most Irish territory from the United Kingdom.

• Constance MarkieviczRelated: Markievicz opposed the treaty settlement that created the Free State and joined the anti-treaty side.

• Home Rule crisisRelated: It emerged from the later settlement that ended British rule over most of the island.

• Kingdom of IrelandCompared with: Its creation ended British rule over most of Ireland, unlike the earlier parliamentary union.

• Patrick PearseRelated: The state emerged from the independence struggle Pearse's rebellion helped intensify.

• Cathal BrughaCompared with: Brugha opposed the state’s Treaty settlement and died fighting its forces.

• Richard MulcahyNarrower topic: Mulcahy held senior military and ministerial offices in the new state.

• Seán MacBrideRelated: MacBride’s political career unfolded as the new state consolidated its institutions.

• Acts of UnionBroader topic: Its establishment ended the union for most of Ireland.

• History of IrelandBroader topic: It began the political development of the independent Irish state.

• History of the Republic of IrelandBroader topic: It was the first internationally recognized state in the modern Irish independence process.

• History of the United KingdomRelated: Its separation transformed the territory and constitutional character of the UK.

• Irish revolutionary periodBroader topic: Its creation fulfilled part of the treaty settlement while leaving partition and republican opposition unresolved.