ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates geographic and political divisions (including political partitioning) over territorial control and governance in Ireland after the Irish War of Independence/Anglo-Irish War. It explores the role of geography in partition (e.g., bordering processes) and prominent geopolitical events that resulted from the Anglo-Irish Treaty and forged the Irish Free State (with British dominion status) and Northern Ireland. This chapter also chronicles the disputes between republicans regarding this treaty that eventually erupted into the Irish Civil War. The subsequent rifts produced sentiments of difference, alienation, and strife that fomented violence across Ireland.
