Arthur Griffith (in inset), and Irish Republican sympathizers, in London for Irish-British peace conference

The Anglo-Irish Treaty (The Irish Revolution Lecture 8)

The lecture series covers a tumultuous period in Irish history and examines the interaction of different groups (in particular unionists, moderate and radical nationalists, and the British), the causes and impact of events (such as the Home Rule Crisis, the Easter Rising, and the Treaty), and patterns of continuity and discontinuity in the period spanning the First World War.

Professor Michael Laffan

The Irish Revolution was a module taught by renowned Irish historian Professor Michael Laffan in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin from the late 1970’s until his retirement in 2010. In association with the UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies and History Hub.ie all 10 of the lectures were recorded and are available to download via iTunes and also via the RSS feed.

Listen to Lecture 8 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Click here to listen to Lecture 9 – Reaction to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and build-up to Civil War.

Image: Arthur Griffith in London for Irish-British peace conference. Source: Underwood & Underwood [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons