Boundary Commission for Ireland

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The Boundary Commission for Ireland was a body established after the partition of Ireland to review and potentially adjust the border between the newly formed Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary commission
intergovernmental commission
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
appliesToTerritorialEntity County Armagh
County Cavan
linked to: Cavan

County Donegal
County Donegal border
County Down
County Fermanagh
County Londonderry
County Monaghan
County Tyrone
archivesAt National Archives of Ireland
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
chairperson Richard Feetham
country Irish Free State
United Kingdom
dissolved 1925
followedBy Tripartite Agreement of December 1925
foundedBy Irish Free State Government
United Kingdom Government
linked to: UK government
hasLanguage English
hasPart British Commissioner
Chairman
Irish Free State Commissioner
Northern Ireland Commissioner
hasPurpose recommend adjustments to the Irish border
review the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
inception 1924
legalBasis Article 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922
Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922
locationOfFormation London
linked to: London, England
locationOfWork Ireland
Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
memberOf Anglo-Irish Treaty implementation bodies
linked to: Anglo-Irish Treaty
saidToBeTheSameAs Irish Boundary Commission
significantEvent Irish Boundary Commission negotiations
leak of draft report in 1925
significantOutcome confirmation of existing border with minor adjustments
no major changes to the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
timePeriod interwar period
topic Irish Free State–United Kingdom relations
Northern Ireland border
linked to: Irish border

partition of Ireland

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partition of Ireland followedBy Boundary Commission for Ireland
Boundary Commission for Ireland saidToBeTheSameAs Irish Boundary Commission
linked to: Boundary Commission for Ireland