The Partition of Ireland

Partition represents the most fundamental revolution in modern Irish history. By 1925 the country had been divided into two states embodying rival religious and political identities an outcome unthinkable only a decade before. While often analysed through the lens of elite high politics partition was by definition a mass participation event where decision making was shaped by elections propaganda and savage acts of violence in defence of or in opposition to the new settlement. By examining the c...See More