Map: 'Ireland', 1924.
Shows both the 'Irish Free State' and the 'Northern Ireland Territory'. Small insets of Dublin and Belfast.
Central fold, light foxing in the margins. Very good condition.
In 1924, when this map was printed, the island of Ireland was politically divided following the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. The treaty had led to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth, comprising 26 of the island's 32 counties. The remaining six counties in the northeast remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland, which exercised its right under the treaty to opt out of the Free State. In the Free State, political tensions were still high following the brutal Civil War (19221923) between pro- and anti-Treaty forces, with the pro-Treaty Cumann na nGaedheal party, led by W. T. Cosgrave, holding power and working to stabilize the fledgling state. In Northern Ireland, the Unionist government, under Prime Minister James Craig, maintained tight control and faced ongoing resistance from the nationalist Catholic minority who sought Irish unity. Thus, the political situation in 1924 was one of division, fragile peace, and ongoing tension both within and between the two jurisdictions on the island.
Large sheet, measuring 45 x 36 cm, including narrow margins.
Extracted from The Citizen's Atlas of the World, published in Edinburgh by John Bartholemew & Son, in 1924.
A real time capsule from the early post-World-War-One period.
Framed, this sheet would look great in a study or man-cave. It could be personalized with some vintage travel ephemera, such as baggage labels, train tickets, etc.
