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
United Ireland
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United Ireland, also referred to as Irish reunification or a New Ireland, is the proposition that all of Ireland should be a single sovereign state. At present, the island is divided politically: the
Partition of Ireland
…the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Act intended both territories to remain within the United Kingdom and contained provisions for their eventual reunification. The smaller Northern Ireland territory was created with a devolved government (Home Rule) and remained part of the UK. Although the larger Southern…
"Vote Yes, It's the way Ahead", Yes Campaign for the Belfast Agreement, 1998
Johnson and Macron meet during Brexit negotiations, 2019.
Sunak and Von der Leyen
Michelle O'Neill in November 2023