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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will mark 100 years of representing Ireland overseas in 2019.

In the lead up to January 2019, we are looking back at some of the key moments that have shaped our work.

Each week, we’ll highlight a moment from the past 100 years, counting forward from 1919 when the ‘Message to the Free Nations of the World’ was delivered in Dáil Eireann.

You can follow this project on Twitter, with the hashtag #dfat100

DFAT100

1919

1919

Our first steps on the world stage were taken on the floor of the Mansion House in Dublin.‌

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1920

1920

“Ireland, dear, never fear, soon you’ll have your way.”

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1921

1921

The Anglo-Irish Treaty paved the way for Irish independence

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1922

1922

The Irish Race Conference met in Paris on 24 January 1922

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1923

1923

Irish Free State joins League of Nations

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1924

1924

A tear in the fabric of Empire

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1925

1925

William Craig-Martin, Ireland's first Trade Commissioner to Shanghai

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1926

1926

1926 saw further important steps taken in the development of Irish statehood

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1927

1927

Speaking For Ourselves - League of Nations Conference on the limitation of naval armaments

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1928

1928

First Visit by W. T. Cosgrave to Chicago

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1929

1929

Mr Binchy goes to Berlin

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1930

1930

John Dulanty’s 20-year stint representing Ireland in London.

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