David McCullagh reviews The Partition by Charles Townshend Updated / Sunday, 11 Apr 2021 21:55 Irish people demonstrate in London in 1921 about the partition of Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. (Pic: AFP via Getty Images) Six One News co-anchor David McCullagh reviews Charles Townshend's new history of the turbulent journey to Irish independence, published for the centenary of the Partition. "The fundamental attitudes which produced partition are still in play a century later." The last line of Charles Townshend's new book highlights the importance of understanding how and why the Irish Border came about. Thanks to its centenary – and its renewed political importance post-Brexit – there have been a number of recent books about the border. Townshend’s is a welcome addition, and forms the last part of a trilogy following well-received works on the Easter Rising and the War of Independence.