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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
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    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
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    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
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    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
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    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
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Topic: Challenges facing NI government

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  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments 1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments 1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Anglo-Irish Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland 1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
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Decade of Centenaries timeline

Ballytrain RIC barracks captured and sacked by the IRA.

photograph, 1920
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, IRA, Irish Volunteers, RIC,
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Six Counties

TV programme, 1980
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Irish Free State, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, police, RUC, ...

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

photograph, 1921
Keywords: Belfast, Northern Ireland, police, RIC, RUC, USC,

National Portrait Gallery

The Mad Bull (James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon; Michael Collins)

cartoon, 15 February 1922
Keywords: boundary question, IRA, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition,
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Extract from statement by Michael Collins on Northern Ireland policy

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document, 4 February 1922
Keywords: border, boundary question, Craig-Collins pact, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Provisional Government,
Catholic recruitment to USC
Bicycles, Barracks & Bandoliers

Memo regarding Catholic recruitment in the RUC and USC

memo, March 1922
Keywords: Catholic recruitment, Craig-Collins pact, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, police, RIC, RUC, USC,
PRONI

Churchill’s telegram to Craig no.60

telegram, 24 March 1922
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, British Army, James Craig, killings, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, ...
Hansard

Ulster Special Constabulary

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speech, 15 May 1922
Keywords: British government, curfew, Hamar Greenwood, Joseph Devlin, USC,
County Down Outrages
Down County Museum

County Down Outrages

newspaper cutting, 3 June 1922
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, IRA, police, RUC, USC,
PRONI

Report on Local Government Bill (Northern Ireland)

document, September 1922
Keywords: Local Government (Northern Ireland) Bill, Northern Ireland government, oath of allegiance, police, Proportional Representation, RUC,
PRONI

Telegram from Churchill to Cosgrave

telegram, 11 September 1922
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, boundary question, House of Commons, James Craig, Local Government (Northern Ireland) Bill, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland parliament, W. T. Cosgrave, ...

PRONI

North-Eastern Boundary Bureau: Weekly Bulletin

leaflet, January 1923
Keywords: Boundary Commission, Derry, gerrymandering, North Eastern Boundary Bureau, Northern Ireland parliament, Partition,

PRONI

Letter from UUC re. NE Boundary Bureau

letter, 4 January 1923
Keywords: North Eastern Boundary Bureau, Northern Ireland government, Partition, UUC,
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Irish Boundary Changes

newspaper cutting, 7 November 1925
Keywords: Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Free State, J.R. Fisher, James Craig, Justice Feetham, Northern Ireland,
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Notes of a conference with the Irish Boundary Commission

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document, 3 December 1925
Keywords: border, Boundary Commission, British government, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Free State, J.R. Fisher, James Craig, Justice Feetham, Northern Ireland, ...

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  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources
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