13. Later that afternoon, British forcesopenedfireon the crowd at a football match in Dublin, killing 14 civilians.
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17. Ireland was to become a self -governing dominion of the British Empire.
18. British monarch would be the head of state of the Irish Free State (SaorstátÉireann).
19. Northern Ireland (which had been created earlier by the Government of Ireland Act) would have the option of withdrawing from the Irish Free State within one month of the Treaty coming into effect.
21. Britain, for its own security, would continue to control a limited number of ports, known as the Treaty Ports, for the Royal Navy.
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23. The Irish Civil War cost the lives of many of the leaders of the independence movement, notably the head of the Provisional Government Michael Collins and anti-treaty Republicans Harry Boland, Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellows, Liam Lynch.