A report on Partition of Ireland
The process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
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Ireland and World War I
7 linksPart of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and Russia.
Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and Russia.
During the War of Independence, the British government partitioned Ireland.
Ulster Protestants
7 linksEthnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43% of the population.
Ethnoreligious group in the Irish province of Ulster, where they make up about 43% of the population.
Today, the vast majority of Ulster Protestants live in Northern Ireland, which was created in 1921 to have an Ulster Protestant majority.
County Londonderry
6 linksOne of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
One of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
Before the partition of Ireland, it was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800.
Counties of Northern Ireland
2 linksDivided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
Divided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
The total number of counties in the island of Ireland is 32, with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland often respectively called "the Six Counties" and "the Twenty-Six Counties", especially by Irish nationalists opposed to the partition of Ireland.
The Troubles (1920–1922)
8 linksThe Troubles (1920–1922) refers to the period of communal violence that affected what would become Northern Ireland from 1920 until 1922.
The Troubles (1920–1922) refers to the period of communal violence that affected what would become Northern Ireland from 1920 until 1922.
The British government planned to solve this by partitioning Ireland along roughly political and religious lines, creating two self-governing territories—Northern Ireland (with Belfast as its capital) and Southern Ireland (with Dublin as its capital)—which would both remain part of the United Kingdom.
Curragh incident
5 linksThe Curragh incident of 20 March 1914, sometimes known as the Curragh mutiny, occurred in the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland.
The Curragh incident of 20 March 1914, sometimes known as the Curragh mutiny, occurred in the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland.
The Home Rule Bill was passed but postponed, and the growing fear of civil war in Ireland led to the British government considering some form of partition of Ireland instead, which eventually took place.
Ulster Special Constabulary
5 linksQuasi-military reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland.
Quasi-military reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland.
It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the partition of Ireland.
Irish Parliamentary Party
16 linksFormed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918.
Formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918.
The government remained committed to introducing Home Rule in Ireland, and in 1921 implemented the Fourth Home Rule Act, which partitioned Ireland into Northern Ireland and a non-functioning Southern Ireland prior to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Orange Order
13 linksInternational Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
International Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
Before the partition of Ireland, the Order's headquarters were in Dublin, which at one stage had more than 300 private lodges.
Home Rule Crisis
7 linksPolitical and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.
Political and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.
Unionists continued to demand that Ulster be excluded, the solution of partition appealing to Craig; Carson, however, as a Dublin man, did not want partition, which would leave 250,000 Southern Unionists at the mercy of a huge nationalist majority.