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Decade of Centenaries timeline

Unionist Clubs and Orangemen en route to Balmoral Showgrounds

photograph, April 1912
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags demonstration, Home Rule, Home Rule opposition, James Craig, Orange Order, Unionism
BBC

Ulster Covenant – Edward Carson and James Craig

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video clip, 2012
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, Home Rule opposition, James Craig, Ulster Covenant, Unionism
Youtube

The Ulster Solemn League and Covenant – BBC Documentary

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Reaction to Home Rule Act Keywords:Tags 16th Irish Division, 36th Ulster Division, Buckingham Palace Conference, Edward Carson, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, James Craig, John Redmond, Liberals, Northern Ireland, Partition, Southern Unionists, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day, Unionism, UVF, Winston Churchill
History Ireland

Edward Carson: Ulster unionist or Irish patriot?

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article, 2012
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule, Reaction to Home Rule Act Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, Home Rule opposition, House of Commons, Irish Convention, James Craig, Nationalists, Southern Unionists, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day, Ulster Unionists, Unionism
BBC Youtube

BBC’s: The Story of Ireland – Age of Nations

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, courts martial, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, executions, First World War, Gaelic Revival, Home Rule, internment, IRA, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition, Patrick Pearse, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Ulster Covenant, UVF
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Edward Carson

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Major Fred Crawford, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, Ulster Unionist Party, UVF
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Ulster Unionism

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, British Army, Buckingham Palace Conference, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, Edward Carson, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, James Craig, King George V, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, Ulster Unionist Party, UVF
UVF calendar
Down County Museum

East Down Unionist Association calendar for the UVF

calendar, 1913
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, Home Rule opposition, James Craig, Ulster Unionists, UVF
Daily Telegraph

Conference on the Ulster Crisis

newspaper, 22 July 1914
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Augustine Birrell, Buckingham Palace Conference, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, Herbert Asquith, House of Commons, House of Lords, James Craig, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Lord Landsdowne
History Ireland

The search for Statutory Ulster

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article, 2009
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, Buckingham Palace Conference, Curragh Incident, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, James Craig, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Lord Landsdowne, Parliament Act, Partition, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day

National Portrait Gallery

James Craig

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags biography, James Craig, Northern Ireland government, Northern Ireland parliament, Ulster Unionists
National Portrait Gallery

Ulster Unionist Leaders

photograph, 29 June 1920
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government Keywords:Tags Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Edward Mervyn Archdale, Hugh MacDowell Pollack, James Craig, John Miller Andrews, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Richard Dawson Bates
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Six Counties

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Establishment of NI government Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Irish Free State, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, police, RUC, Ulster Unionists, USC
YouTube - RTE

Why did Edward Carson not become Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister?

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Alvin Jackson, Anglo-Irish treaty, Conservative Party, Edward Carson, Irish Free State, James Craig, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Unionist Party
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: James Craig and the Catholic Minority

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video clip, 2014
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Catholic church, James Craig, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Unionists
YouTube - RTE

What role did sectarianism play in the creation of Northern Ireland?

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, B-Specials, Dublin Castle, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, sectarianism, Unionists, W. T. Cosgrave
RTE

Northern Ireland 1921-1925: a state of emergency

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, NI government rule 1921-25, Anglo-Irish War, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1921 Norther Ireland general election, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, Civil Authorities Special Powers Act, Craig-Collins pact, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, IRA, Irish Civil War, James Craig, King George V, McMahon murders, Michael Collins, Provisional Government, treaty talks, Winston Churchill
Irish Film Institute

Ulster Parliament Assembles

newsreel, 1921
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government Keywords:Tags Government of Ireland Act, James Craig, Northern Ireland government, Northern Ireland parliament
Youtube

Ulster Parliament (1921)

newsreel, 1921
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government Keywords:Tags Belfast, James Craig, Northern Ireland parliament
National Archives UK

Letter from Lloyd George inviting Craig and de Valera to a conference

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document, 24 June 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, King George V, London, pre-treaty talks, truce
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, Exclusion of Ulster, IRA, IRB, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, plenipotentiaries, pre-treaty talks, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

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document, 20 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, British government, Council of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, RIC
National Archives UK

Letter from Sir James Craig to the Prime Minister

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document, 29 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, pre-treaty talks, Ulster Unionists
National Archives UK

Letter from General Smuts to Eamon de Valera

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letter, 4 August 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, General Jan Smuts, Home Rule, James Craig, pre-treaty talks
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Army, Cathal Brugha, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Free State, Irregulars, James Craig, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, National Army, oath of allegiance, Partition, pro-treaty forces, Regulars, riots, Rory O'Connor, sectarianism, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
Google Arts and Culture

Memorandum from Arthur Griffith to de Valera on Ulster

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document, 8 November 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, treaty talks, Ulster
RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, external association, General Jan Smuts, IRA, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Robert Barton, Sinn Féin, Winston Churchill
Irish Film Institute

Irish peace imperilled by extremists

newsreel, December 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Michael Collins, release of prisoners
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

The Collins – Craig agreement

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document, 23 January 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Belfast Boycott, Boundary Commission, Council of Ireland, Craig-Collins pact, James Craig, Michael Collins

National Portrait Gallery

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

cartoon, 15 February 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 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
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags border, boundary question, Craig-Collins pact, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Provisional Government

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Craig-Collins Pact

leaflet, 30 March 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Craig-Collins pact, Dáil Éireann, IRA, James Craig, Michael Collins
PRONI

Churchill’s telegram to Craig no.60

telegram, 24 March 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, British Army, James Craig, killings, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, sectarianism, Winston Churchill
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
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Boundary Commission, British government, Catholic recruitment, Craig-Collins pact, discrimination, IFS Constitution, IRA, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland government, police, Provisional Government, release of prisoners

PRONI

Northern Ireland Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment

document, 01 April 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Belfast, Craig-Collins pact, Derry, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Unemployment
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Michael Collins to James Craig (Belfast)

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letter, 27 April 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Boundary Commission, British government, Craig-Collins pact, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland government, Provisional Government, release of prisoners
PRONI

Telegram from Churchill to Cosgrave

telegram, 11 September 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 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, Winston Churchill
PRONI

NI Cabinet Conclusions – Unemployment Increase

document, 30 July 1923
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Colwyn Committee, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, relief, Stanley Baldwin, Unemployment
History Ireland

The emergence of the ‘Two Irelands’, 1912–25

Article, 2004
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Edward Carson, Home Rule, Irish Civil War, James Craig, Nationalists, Partition, Unionists
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Irish Boundary Changes

newspaper cutting, 7 November 1925
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 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
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags border, Boundary Commission, British government, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Free State, J.R. Fisher, James Craig, Justice Feetham, Northern Ireland, Stanley Baldwin, W. T. Cosgrave, Winston Churchill

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