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The end of the Civil War
The Civil War was won by pro-Treaty forces -
New Constitution of Ireland
On 29 December 1937, the new Constitution of Ireland came into force, which replaced the Constitution of the Irish Free State and called the state Ireland, or Éire in Irish -
Ireland became the Republic of Ireland
During World War II Ireland remained neutral. In 1949 it left the Commonwealth and became the Republic of Ireland -
Improvements of relations
After decades of sullen hostility relations between the Republic and the Unionist-controlled North began to improve. -
Bloody Sunday
In Derry, Northern Ireland, 26 civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army.
