“Shadow or Substance? Vote for treaty”

“Shadow or Substance? Vote for treaty”

Flyer. Inscribed by Lady Gregory, “Thrown from Motors, May 1922”

The great division in Ireland over whether to support or oppose the Anglo-Irish Treaty with Britain to end the war of independence forced every citizen to take sides. Even the army, unified against the British in the War of Independence, soon turned brother against brother. This flyer, one among countless others that flooded the country, was picked up by Lady Gregory before the first true shots were fired in June 1922. She would vehemently decry the violence.