Editing Anglo-Irish Treaty (section)

==Content==
[[File:Anglo-Irish Treaty Griffith annotated2.gif|thumb|right|Page from a draft of the Treaty, as annotated by Arthur Griffith]]
Among the treaty's main clauses were that:<ref>Jason K. Knirck, ''Imagining Ireland's independence: the debates over the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921'' (2006).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1922/en/act/pub/0001/sched2.html|title=Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922, Schedule 2|access-date=15 May 2016|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629052021/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1922/en/act/pub/0001/sched2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[British Army|Crown forces]] would withdraw from most of Ireland.
* Ireland was to become a self-governing [[dominion]] of the [[British Empire]], a status shared by Australia, Canada, [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], New Zealand, and the [[Union of South Africa]].
* As with the other dominions, the King would be the Head of State of the Irish Free State (''Saorstát Éireann'') and would be represented by a Governor General (see [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Representative of the Crown]]).
* Members of the new free state's parliament would be required to take an [[Oath of Allegiance (Ireland)|Oath of Allegiance]] to the Irish Free State. A secondary part of the oath was to "be faithful to His Majesty King [[George V]], His heirs and successors by law, in virtue of the common citizenship".
* [[Northern Ireland]] (which had been created earlier by the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920|Government of Ireland Act]]) would have the option of withdrawing from the Irish Free State within one month of the Treaty coming into effect.
* If Northern Ireland chose to withdraw, a [[Irish Boundary Commission|Boundary Commission]] would be constituted to draw the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
* Britain, for its own security, would continue to control a limited number of ports, known as the [[Treaty Ports (Ireland)|Treaty Ports]], for the [[Royal Navy]]. 
* The Irish Free State would assume responsibility for a proportionate part of the United Kingdom's debt, as it stood on the date of signature.
* The treaty would have superior status in Irish law, i.e., in the event of a conflict between it and the new [[Constitution of the Irish Free State|1922 Constitution]] of the Irish Free State, the treaty would take precedence.