This volume in the New History of Ireland, covers a period of major significance in Ireland's history. It outlines the division of Ireland and the eventual establishment of the Irish Republic. This work provides comprehensive coverage of political developments, north and south, as well as offering chapters on the economy, literature in English and Irish, the Irish language, the visual arts, emigration and immigration, and the history of women. The twenty-five contributors to this volume, all specialists in their field, provide the most comprehensive treatment of these developments of any single-volume survey of twentieth-century Ireland.