Meanings
proper nounthe Irish Free State
- historicalAn 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 28, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 306
Translations
Danish Irske Fristat
- Irske Fristatdominion preceding the proclamation of the Republic of Ireland
German Irischer Freistaat
- Irischer Freistaatdominion preceding the proclamation of the Republic of Ireland
Irish Saorstát Éireann
- Saorstát Éireanndominion preceding the proclamation of the Republic of Ireland
Lithuanian Airijos Laisvoji Valstybė
- Airijos Laisvoji Valstybėdominion preceding the proclamation of the Republic of Ireland
Spanish Estado Libre de Irlanda
- Estado Libre de Irlandadominion preceding the proclamation of the Republic of Ireland
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APA
Irish Free State. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Free%20State
MLA
“Irish Free State.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Free%20State. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Irish Free State,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20Free%20State.
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