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BBC News By Ciaran McCauley image copyrightBBC/Hulton Getty/PA Media The partition of Ireland came after a series of seismic events - World War One, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence among them. In the thick of these defining times were people who came to dominate the debate over Ireland s present - and to shape its future. These are people who would become iconic figures - for better or worse - in the two entities that emerged from partition. Here were the major players in Belfast, Dublin and London. image copyrightPA Media Edward Carson The Dublin-born lawyer was the face and voice of unionism when the road to partition was being laid, but he had a complex relationship with the idea of a separate Northern Ireland. ....