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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 - 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
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
British Academy

Political History of Northern Ireland since Partition

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Article, 1999
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, NI government rule 1921-25 Keywords:Tags Craig-Collins pact, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Paul Bew
Catholic recruitment to USC
Bicycles, Barracks & Bandoliers

Memo regarding Catholic recruitment in the RUC and USC

memo, March 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 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
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
Bicycles, Barracks and Barricades

Civil Authorities Special Powers Act

poster, April 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Civil Authorities Special Powers Act, internment, Minister for Home Affairs, Northern Ireland government, Richard Dawson Bates

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
CAIN

Civil Authorities Special Powers Act 1922

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Act, 22 April 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Civil Authorities Special Powers Act, internment, Northern Ireland government
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

Report on Local Government Bill (Northern Ireland)

document, September 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Local Government (Northern Ireland) Bill, Northern Ireland government, oath of allegiance, police, Proportional Representation, RUC

Decade of Centenaries timeline

A Proportional Represention

political cartoon, 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags election, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland government, Proportional Representation
History Ireland

Lord Londonderry & Education Reform

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article, 2001
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Establishment of NI government Keywords:Tags Catholic church, education, integrated education, Lord Londonderry, Northern Ireland government, Unionism

PRONI

Letter from UUC re. NE Boundary Bureau

letter, 4 January 1923
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags North Eastern Boundary Bureau, Northern Ireland government, Partition, UUC
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

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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
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