PoliticsJuly 21921

De Valera Meets Lloyd George for Treaty Negotiations

July 2, 1921

Éamon de Valera, President of the Irish Republic, traveled to London for his first face-to-face meeting with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. This historic meeting marked the beginning of formal negotiations that would eventually lead to the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The discussions focused on potential terms for peace and Ireland's future relationship with Britain, though de Valera would later send Michael Collins to conduct the final treaty negotiations.