when did ireland become a republic
The Irish Free State was created in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It effectively became a republic, with an elected president, under the constitution of 1937, in which it was named Ireland. It was officially declared a republic in 1949.he 1922 state, comprising 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland, was styled and known as the Irish Free State. The Constitution of Ireland, adopted in 1937, provides that the name of the State is Ãire, Ã©ire, or in The english, Language. ireland