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On this day, negotiations began between Irish and English officials over the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which brought the Irish War of Independence to an end.This silent British Pathé newsreel film was taken after the treaty was signed on December 6, 1921
The 100th Anniversary of a Flawed Concept The State of ‘Northern Ireland’ was created 100 years ago. It was an artificial creation from the start. Ulster has nine counties, so to create a ‘State’ in which one group (unionists/protestants) would have a majority the British government restricted the new ‘State’ to six counties and left out three counties (Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan) in which there were sizable protestant and unionist minorities. It is fair to say therefore that the new ‘State’ was viewed with a degree of disdain by both Nationalists and Unionists from the outs...