100 years on, politicians still haven't learnt from Ireland's partition
100 years on, politicians still haven’t learnt from Ireland’s partition We are still living with the wounds of the Irish Civil War. Charles Townshend's new book The Partition tells a story that is not over yet 25 April 2021 • 5:00am January 1921: Sir Hamar Greenwood of the Royal Irish Constabulary inspects a group of Black and Tans Credit: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images One of the abiding problems with Anglo-Irish history is the tendency for authors to take sides. Normally the Irish writers side against the oppressive, colonial British. They cannot resist settling scores, and too oft...
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