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How the war ended 83<br />
pleased with the ceasefire, the leadership on<br />
both sides were well aware that the war<br />
could re-ignite if negotiations failed. In West<br />
Limerick the IRA leadership tried to instil a<br />
sense of imminent danger in their men, but<br />
fraternization continued.<br />
Despite the Truce, low levels of violence<br />
continued in some areas and the IRA's centre<br />
of gravity shifted from Munster to Ulster.<br />
Ulster remained a sticking point in the<br />
negotiations and Collins had hoped that the<br />
IRA would be able to drive it back into the<br />
Nationalist fold. <strong>The</strong> treaty that was signed<br />
on 6 December 1921 excluded Ulster from its<br />
provisions and kept Ireland in the<br />
Commonwealth under the British Crown<br />
with the title of the <strong>Irish</strong> Free State. De<br />
Valera issued a statement objecting to the<br />
Treaty, but on 7 January <strong>1922</strong> the Dáil voted<br />
to accept the Treaty by 64 votes to 57. De
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