Partition

How and Why Ireland was Divided
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-913368-45-6
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 194 mm, Gewicht: 162 g

Reihe: Haus Publishing

A little over a century ago, Ireland was partitioned into a unionist north and a nationalist south. What began as an expedient and temporary political device to resolve conflicted tensions inside the United Kingdom was to become a permanent international frontier between two sovereign states, and Britain’s only land border wit the European Union.

The passion and emotion felt about partition has not dissipated in the intervening century; it is as controversial now as it was then. This concise introductory history explains why Ireland was partitioned and how the two states on the island were created.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface // ix

Introduction // 1

1. Ireland at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century // 15

2. The Third Home Rule Act and the First World War // 30

3. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 // 45

4. The Anglo-Irish Treaty // 59

5. The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission // 95

6. The Recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission // 95

7. Aftermath // 122

Suggested Further Reading // 151

Chronology // 154

Dramatis Personae // 156

Index // 162

Über Autor(innen)

IVAN GIBBONS is a lecturer in Modern Irish and British history specialising in the relationship between the British Labour Party and Ireland. He was lecturer and MA and BA Programme Director in Irish Studies at St Mary’s University. He is the author of The British Labour Party and the Establishment of the Irish Free State (2015) and Drawing the Line: The Irish Border in British Politics (2018).