Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London on 6 December 1921. Dáil Éireann voted on the treaty on 7 January 1922, following a debate through late December 1921 and into January 1922.

Result

Of the 125 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), 121 cast their vote in the Dáil. The Ceann Comhairle Eoin MacNeill (Londonderry and National University of Ireland) absented himself from the vote in accordance with standing orders. It was ruled that the four other TDs, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, Éamon de Valera and Seán Milroy, who had been elected for two constituencies (for both the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland) would only cast one vote each, and three TDs abstained. The result of the vote was:

• 64 in favour
• 57 against
• 3 abstained

Prior to the vote, all TDs were members of the Sinn Féin party. Sinn Féin split into pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty sides in the aftermath of the Treaty vote. (See Sinn Féin Treaty split).

Abstained from voting

Frank Drohan had resigned before the vote even came up; Laurence Ginnell (anti-Treaty) was absent and Thomas Kelly (pro-Treaty) was ill

Voted in favour (Pro-Treaty)

Voted against (Anti-Treaty)

See also

• Easter Rising
• Irish War of Independence
• Irish Civil War
• Irish Free State
• Irish elections, 1921
• Second Dáil
• Members of the 2nd Dáil

External links

• Contemporaneous record of the debate on the Treaty in Dáil Éireann.
• Record of the Dáil debate on the Treaty and vote on the 7 January 1922.
• De Valera's preferred Treaty, 'Document No.2', published on 10 January 1922.
• Dáil may not vote before Christmas – New York Times archive, 19 December 1921.