Partition of Ireland
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The Partition of Ireland was the process by which the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Irel
Ulster Volunteers marching in Belfast, 1914
Catholic-owned businesses destroyed by loyalists in Lisburn, August 1920
Crowds in Belfast for the state opening of the Northern Ireland Parliament on 22 June 1921
Members of the Irish negotiation committee returning to Ireland in December 1921
Buckingham Palace Conference
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The Buckingham Palace Conference, sometimes referred to as the Buckingham Palace Conference on Ireland, was a conference called in Buckingham Palace in 1914 by King George V to which the leaders of Ir
A summer 1914 photograph of Buckingham Palace. Irish leaders attended the King's conference in the Palace in July 1914 to see if they could agree on a form of home rule for Ireland and avoid civil war on the issue.
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