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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
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

Decade of Centenaries timeline

USC at a police checkpoint

photograph, 1921
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Belfast, Northern Ireland, police, RIC, RUC, USC
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
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
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

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
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

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
YouTube - RTE

Violence and the Birth of Northern Ireland

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Expulsions, IRA, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, Unionists

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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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