Northern Ireland, the union and shifting borders
Northern Ireland, the union and shifting borders Letters © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Sue Heaton / Alamy/Alamy The establishment of a parliament for Northern Ireland through the 1920 Government of Ireland Act was indeed a remarkable event, giving substantial powers to a devolved administration for six northern counties in Belfast, and separately to a parliament for 26 counties in Dublin (Queen and Boris Johnson lead tributes to Northern Ireland on centenary, 3 May). What was more significant in the history of the union, however, was that, in 1921, the Anglo Irish ...
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