Author:
Gibbons, Ivan, author.
ImprintLondon : Haus Publishing Ltd, 2020.
Description164 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Note:1. Ireland at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century -- The Third Home Rule Act and the First World War -- 3. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 -- 4. The Anglo-Irish Treaty -- 5. The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission -- The Recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission -- Aftermath.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index.
Note:A hundred years ago, Ireland was partitioned into a unionist north and a nationalist south. What began as an expedient and temporary political device to resolve conflicting tensions inside the United Kingdom was to become a permanent international frontier between two sovereign states, and Britain's only land border with 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. To mark the centenary, this concise introductory history explains why Ireland was partitioned and how the two states on the island were created. --Dust jacket.
