Following the Irish War of independence and the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty, Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1922.

爱尔兰自力战斗以及随后的《英爱合同》签订之后，爱尔兰于1922年离开结合王国获得自力。

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Irish voters rejected the treaty in a referendum just over a year ago, amid fears that it would weaken their country’s traditionally outsized influence in Europe.

就在一年前，爱尔兰选民拒绝了里斯本条约，担心这一条约会削弱他们的国家对欧盟巨大的传统影响力。

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He has promised to retire, and a June 5 poll shows the Irish are now set to approve the treaty 54 percent to 28 percent when they vote again in October.

他承诺要退休，一份6月5日的民意测验表明爱尔兰目前开始支持条约的占54%，而在十月重新投票时，却只有28%。

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When Irish voters approved the treaty earlier this month in a second referendum, he vowed to keep his word.

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He says last time round the details of the treaty were not made clear to the Irish public and there were many issues which led to the 'no' vote.

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But last year Irish voters rejected the treaty.

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Fianna Fail and Fine Gael emerged following a split in nationalist opinion over the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty.

BBC: The Dail

Collins negotiated and signed the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1921, allowing six counties in the North to remain with Britain, as Northern Ireland.

BBC: The IRA's history of splits

With Cillian Murphy as a refined young rebel who wants complete separation from Great Britain and a socialist revolution in Ireland, and Padraic Delaney as his rough-hewn brother, who is willing to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

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