Editing Irish War of Independence (section)

==Compensation==
In May 1922 the British Government with the agreement of the Irish Provisional Government established a commission chaired by [[Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle|Lord Shaw of Dunfermline]] to examine compensation claims for material damage caused between 21 January 1919 and 11 July 1921.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/op1256970-1001 |title=Cmd. 1654: Compensation (Ireland) Commission : warrant of appointment |date=8 May 1922 |publisher=HMSO |series=Parliamentary Papers |volume=XVII |page=523}}</ref> The Irish Free State's Damage To Property (Compensation) Act, 1923 provided that only the Shaw Commission, and not the Criminal Injury Acts, could be used to claim compensation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Damage To Property (Compensation) Act, 1923, Section 1 |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1923/act/15/section/1/enacted/en/html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194836/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1923/act/15/section/1/enacted/en/html |archive-date=22 September 2017 |access-date=22 September 2017 |website=[[Irish Statute Book]]}}</ref> Originally, the British government paid claims from unionists and the Irish government those from nationalists; claims from "neutral" parties were shared.<ref name="Clark2014">{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Gemma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RcmAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |title=Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107036895 |page=23 |access-date=22 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125190622/https://books.google.com/books?id=_RcmAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the 1925 collapse of the Irish Boundary Commission, the UK, Free State and Northern Ireland governments negotiated revisions to the 1921 Treaty; the Free State stopped contributing to the servicing of the UK national debt, but took over full responsibility for compensation for war damage, with the fund increased by 10% in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Treaty (Confirmation of Amending Agreement) Act, 1925, Schedule |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1925/act/40/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194353/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1925/act/40/schedule/enacted/en/html#sched |archive-date=22 September 2017 |access-date=22 September 2017 |website=[[Irish Statute Book]]}}; {{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/act/19/enacted/en/index.html|title=Damage To Property (Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1926|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194115/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1926/act/19/enacted/en/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Compensation (Ireland) Commission worked until March 1926, processing thousands of claims.<ref name="Clark2014"/>