How does Dublin Castle handover fit into Irish history?

Standing over the main gate of Dublin Castle is a statue depicting Justice. The figure holds a sword and a set of scales, to demonstrate that the implementation of the law will be swift but fair.The statue faces the Castle, with her back to the city and its people. Many Irish nationalists down through the ages took this as an apt metaphor for how Britain governed Ireland.

The "handover" of the Castle one hundred years ago was an important step on the long road to the creation of an independent Irish State, which is why it is being commemorated with an official State ceremony this weekend. Arrangements for the transfer of power raised sensitivities on both sides. The British did not recognise the Dáil, and wanted to transfer power instead to the Parliament of Southern Ireland created by the 1920 Government of Ireland Act. The Irish did not want to acknowledge the existence of that Parliament, which they regarded as a British imposition.

There were now three governments in the 26 counties - the British administration which was preparing to hand over power but had not done so yet; the Dáil government headed by Arthur Griffith, which represented the bulk of Irish opinion but was not recognised by the British; and the Provisional Government headed by Collins, which was recognised by the British but had only limited legitimacy in Irish eyes.

The transfer of authority took time - time for the new Irish ministers to take the reins in the various government departments; time to merge the old British administration with the underground Dáil departments which had emerged during the War of Independence; and time for British forces to pack up their belongings and withdraw from barracks around the country.

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