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Erse Republic

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Erse Republic

Poblacht na hÉireann
(Saorstát Éireann)
1919–1922
Disputit wi the Unitit Kinrick
Proclamation banner o Ireland
Proclamation banner
Territory claimed bi the Erse Republic
Territory claimed bi the Erse Republic
StatusRevolutionary state
CaipitalDublin
53°21′N 6°16′W / 53.350°N 6.267°W / 53.350; -6.267
Common leidsErse, Inglis
Releegion
Christianity (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism)
GovrenmentRepublic
Preses o Dáil Éireann (tae August 1921)
Preses o the Erse Republic (frae August 1921)
 
 21 Jan–1 Apr 1919
Cathal Brugha
 Apr 1919–Jan 1922
Éamon de Valera
 Jan–Aug 1922
Arthur Griffith
 Aug–Dec 1922
W. T. Cosgrave
LegislaturDáil
Historical eraInterwar period
24 Apryle 1916
21 Januar 1919
7 January 1922
6 December 1922
Aurie
Claimed84,116 km2 (32,477 sq mi)
Population
 1921
4400000
CurrencyPoond sterling
ISO 3166 codeIE
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
History o Ireland (1801–1923)
Erse Free State
Northren Ireland
The day pairt o Ireland
 Unitit Kinrick

The Erse Republic (Erse: Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann, English: Irish Republic) wis an unrecognised kintra that existit frae its declaration in 1916 tae the Anglo-Erse Treaty in 1921. It includit aw 32 coonties o Ireland that nou maks up the Republic o Ireland an Northren Ireland. It wis declared durin the Easter Risin bi the rebellion leaders. As Ireland at the time wis pairt o the Unitit Kinrick the Breetish Government wadna recogneese the kintra's independence. This lead tae the Erse War o Independence. Efter the war a treaty wis signed, sinderin Ireland intae twa kintras, Northren Ireland that wad bide pairt o the Unitit Kinrick an Soothren Ireland (syne the Erse Free State an syne Republic o Ireland) that wad be a domeenion athin the Breetish Empire. The signin o this treaty lead tae the Erse Ceevil War.