IT is regularly stated that during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, which began 100 years ago in October 1921, Sinn Féin was primarily interested in issues related to sovereignty and the crown, ...

Belfast, 27 April 1920 - Sir Edward Carson, MP for Belfast Duncairn, has defended the decision of the Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) to support the government’s partition plan which excludes three ...

IRISH nationalists were in a strong position by the end of 1910. The Irish Parliamentary Party held the balance of power in Westminster and agreed to support the Liberal Party in government so long as ...

Dr Robert Lynch delivers the last talk in this series developed by Queen’s University Belfast with broadcast support from the BBC. This talk explores the background to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and its ...

Professor Brendan O'Leary delivers a talk for this series developed by Queen’s University Belfast with broadcast support from the BBC. This talk places the Partition of Ireland in a comparative ...

Far from settling the partition issue, the Treaty created huge instability in the northern state during the first six months of 1922. Robert Lynch explains what happened. While divisions over the ...

Dr Peter Leary - Life on the line: Partition at the Border Dr Margaret O'Callaghan - Acts of partition: from the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to the Boundary Commission, 1925 Professor Glenn ...

This is the memoir of a woman with a 46-year career in academia in Ireland and the UK, moving from contract research assistant to full professor of sociology (first woman in Ireland) and faculty dean.

Professor Bill Kissane - The Partition of Ireland in a Global Context Professor Robert Savage - Broadcasting and the Border: How partition influenced broadcasting on the island of Ireland Dr Robert ...