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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
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: 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
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
History Hub

Diarmaid Ferriter discusses the Anglo Irish Treaty (Full Interview)

video clip, 2020
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish Truce, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Empire, British government, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Document no.2, domain status, Eamon de Valera, external association, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, General Nevil Macready, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Republicans, Sinn Féin, truce, Winston Churchill
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 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
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Irish Civil War

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Collins de Valera pact, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Patrick Geoghegan, pro-treaty forces, Rory O'Connor, W. T. Cosgrave
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Memorandum- Our Territorial demand at the Boundary Commission

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document, 17 May 1923
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags border, Boundary Commission, Irish Free State, Northern Ireland
History Ireland

The Boundary Commission Debacle 1925, aftermath & implications

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article, 1996
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, border, Boundary Commission, Dáil Éireann, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Free State, Kevin O'Higgins, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Stanley Baldwin, W. T. Cosgrave
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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  • 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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