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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
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    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
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    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
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    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
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    • Irish Civil War
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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

Belfast expelled workers

newspaper cutting, October 1920
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, discrimination, sectarianism,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

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

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Restoration of Order in Ireland

poster, 23 November 1921
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, British Army, curfew, Northern Ireland, Restoration of Order Act,

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,
PRONI

Open Divisional Commissioner’s bi-monthly report

document, 15 February 1922
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, Fermanagh, IRA, kidnapping, killings, police, RIC, riots, ...

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Civilians in Belfast being searched by police

photograph, 13 March 1922
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, Belfast, police,
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, ...
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Heads of agreement between the provisional government and the government of Northern Ireland

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document, 30 March 1922
Keywords: Boundary Commission, British government, Catholic recruitment, Craig-Collins pact, discrimination, IFS Constitution, IRA, James Craig, Michael Collins, ...

PRONI

Northern Ireland Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment

document, 01 April 1922
Keywords: Belfast, Craig-Collins pact, Derry, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Unemployment,
Hansard

Ulster Special Constabulary

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speech, 15 May 1922
Keywords: British government, curfew, Hamar Greenwood, Joseph Devlin, USC,

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Fire fighters extinguishing the flames, Messrs. William Campbell & Co

photograph, 22 May 1922
Keywords: 1920-22 Troubles, arson, Belfast, fire brigade,
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,

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  • Edward Carson,
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  • pro-treaty forces,
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  • Sean MacDermott,
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  • Third Home Rule Bill,
  • Thomas MacDonagh,
  • Tom Clarke,
  • Ulster Unionists,
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  • UVF,
  • 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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