A century on, the air of total unreality at time of partition is abundantly clear
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 received the royal assent from King George V a century ago last month. This most consequential of acts resulted in the partition of Ireland. The genesis of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 came in 1919. Home Rule had been on the statute book since 1914 and could no longer be postponed. It was scheduled to come into operation automatically when hostilities were formally concluded with the signature of the last of the peace treaties after World War I. To prevent this, the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, set up a committee chaired by cabinet membe...
Source: independent.ie