2022 ESSAY WINNERS
December 6, 1921, marked the one-hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty between Great Britain and representatives of the Irish republic that put closure to the Irish War of Independence.
This treaty supposedly provided for the establishment of a free Irish state. But instead, the signing and its insistence upon an oath of allegiance to the Crown created a deep split between Irish nationalists and anti-treaty forces that led to the assassination of Michael Collins (who upon signing the treaty proclaimed, “This would give the freedom to achieve freedom”) and Irish Civil War.
This treaty supposedly provided for the establishment of a free Irish state. But instead, the signing and its insistence upon an oath of allegiance to the Crown created a deep split between Irish nationalists and anti-treaty forces that led to the assassination of Michael Collins (who upon signing the treaty proclaimed, “This would give the freedom to achieve freedom”) and Irish Civil War.
ESSAY QUESTION
What were some of the significant events that led to the signing, who were the main negotiators, what were the initial goals and what were the early outcomes? In your opinion, could bloodshed and civil war have been prevented and freedom gained as Collins hoped for?
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What were some of the significant events that led to the signing, who were the main negotiators, what were the initial goals and what were the early outcomes? In your opinion, could bloodshed and civil war have been prevented and freedom gained as Collins hoped for?
(Click on the Title to read the entire essay)
1st Place
2nd Place
The War that Split Ireland
Brent Foytlin (CBA)
Brent Foytlin (CBA)
3rd Place
A Practical Compromise with a Flawed Implementation
Brady Prunty (CBA)
Brady Prunty (CBA)