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NI 100: Centenary historians request secret files access


BBC News
By Mark Simpson
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image captionKing George V and Queen Mary arrive for the opening of the parliament of Northern Ireland in June 1921
Historians advising the government on how to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland have requested access to secret official files from the early 1920s.
The request includes documents relating to the so-called B Specials, an auxiliary police force known officially as the Ulster Special Constabulary.
Northern Ireland was created in 1921 after Ireland was partitioned.
An eight-strong panel of academics was set up last year to advise the government on centenary matters.
The Centenary Historical Advisory Panel is chaired by Queen s University historian Professor Paul Bew and includes academics from Cambridge University, Sheffield University and Ulster University. ....

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Partition 100 Years On: James Craig – an ordinary man with an extraordinary career


Partition 100 Years On: James Craig – an ordinary man with an extraordinary career
As part of his series of articles on the Partition of Ireland, historian Cormac Moore outlines how, despite his undoubted strengths, Sir James Craig guaranteed a sustained reluctance by Catholics to recognise the legitimacy of the state he was instrumental in founding
As a Down-born unionist, Sir James Craig, the first prime minister of Northern Ireland, had none of the doubts surrounding partition that the Dublin-born Carson had. Picture from The Bystander
Cormac Moore
24 February, 2021 01:00
On becoming Ulster Unionist leader, Craig appeared to be mindful of governing for the nationalist minority but as 1921 progressed, his openness dissipated. Picture from The Sphere ....

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