Today marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in London.
The Treaty formally ended the War of Independence, set the stage for British withdrawal from most of Ireland, and the handover of power to an independent Irish government.
It was signed in 10 Downing Street in the early hours of 6 December 1921.
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