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Irish Free State

Irish Free State proper noun: an autonomous dominion under nominal British sovereignty that included most of the island of Ireland, created in 1922 as part of a treaty between the British government and Irish republicans.

Proper noun

the Irish Free State

  1. (historical) An autonomous dominion under nominal British sovereignty that included most of the island of Ireland, created in 1922 as part of a treaty between the British government and Irish republicans.
    • The appearance of the pier was scarcely improved by these additions, or by the wooden huts and offices from time to time, especially after the establishment of the Irish Free State customs-post in 1922.1960 May, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 306

Questions about Irish Free State

What does Irish Free State mean?
Irish Free State means an autonomous dominion under nominal British sovereignty that included most of the island of Ireland, created in 1922 as part of a treaty between the British government and Irish republicans.
What part of speech is Irish Free State?
Irish Free State is a proper noun.

Words near Irish Free State in the dictionary

  1. Irish English
  2. Irish exit
  3. Irish exits
  4. Irish flute
  5. Irish flutes
  6. Irish Free State
  7. Irish fruit
  8. Irish fruits
  9. Irish Gaelic
  10. Irish goodbye
  11. Irish goodbyes

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