Irish Republic

Irish Republic Poblacht na hÉireann (Saorstát Éireann)
1919–1922
Left: Flag Right: Proclamation: flag
Anthem: God Save Ireland
The Island of Ireland
Capital	Dublin
Common languages	Irish, English
Government	Republic
President of Dáil Éireann
• 1919	Cathal Brugha
• 1919–1922	Éamon de Valera
• 1922	Arthur Griffith
• 1922	W. T. Cosgrave
Legislature	Dáil Éireann
History
• Proclamation	24 April 1916
• Dáil Constitution	21 January 1919
• Free state constitution	6 December 1922
Area
1921	84,116 km2 (32,477 sq mi)
Population
• 1921	4400000
ISO 3166 code	IE
Preceded by Succeeded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Irish Free State Northern Ireland

The Irish Republic (Irish: Saorstát Éireann ^[1]) was a declared independent state of the United Kingdom in the Easter Rising of 1916 and established in 1919 by the First Dáil. It only existed during the Irish War of Independence of 1919-1922 between the Irish Republican Army and the forces of the United Kingdom.

It formally ceased to exist in 1922 with the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty that ended the war, when 26 of the country's 32 counties became the Irish Free State and the other six remained within the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin refused to accept the treaty, said that the Irish Republic existed, even if it did not control any territory. This is why elected Sinn Féin TDs never took their seats in the parliaments of the Irish Free State or the United Kingdom

1. ↑ Official name in Irish