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Partition 100 years on: Northern Ireland's path set by first election a century ago In the latest of his series of articles on the centenary of partition, historian Cormac Moore looks at the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, which took place 100 years ago this week 26 May, 2021 01:00 The slogan 'vote early and vote often', recorded in this image from The Sphere, captured the atmosphere of the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, held 100 years ago this week. Unionists won 40 of the 52 seats and nationalists - who ran on an abstent...

“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books— books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, ‘What is history, but a fable agreed upon? ‘”— Professor Robert Langdon The Decline of an Empire Why did World War One happen?  The conventional fable agreed upon begins on June 28, 1914 with the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo.  The aftermath of the assassination spiraled out of control.  It was like an unstoppable train speed...

Bertie Ahern: Dev was wrong not to lead the 1921 Treaty talks The British team was skilled. It was not smart politics to leave our leading statesman at home about 3 hours ago Bertie Ahern Eamon de Valera: I suspect that by remaining in Dublin, de Valera believed he could be brought into the talks at the 11th hour to insist on further concessions, but this was a high-risk and ultimately doomed strategy. Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images   Éam...

BBC News By Luke Sproule image captionThe Northern Whig made its feelings clear on polling day When voters across Ireland went to the polls on 24 May 1921 to elect two new parliaments, the stakes were high and the atmosphere tense. The War of Independence was still raging and just weeks earlier the Government of Ireland Act had come into effect, creating two new entities - Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland - both with their own parliaments. In Northern Ireland the newspapers of the period reflected the tension. The language of the unionist papers was of fighting for the religious and civi...

Remembering the Past - 100 years ago • Ulster Special Constabulary in Belfast » Mícheál Mac Donncha 100 years ago this week the election to the new ‘Northern Ireland’ Parliament marked the beginning of the Orange state  In May 1921 the war in Ireland was continuing with ever greater intensity as the British government deployed its military forces against the civilian population in a vain attempt to defeat the IRA. There were military trials and death sentences, ‘official reprisals’ that saw homes and businesses burned out by British forces, and daily deaths in the conflict. At t...