A truce between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British crown forces came into effect at twelve o’clock (noon) on Monday, 11 July 1921.
The truce had been agreed on the Irish side by Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith and on the British side by General Neville Macready, General Officer Commanding British forces in Ireland.
The War of Independence had caused 2,346 deaths, the majority after the arrival of the Black and Tans.