Before 1922, all of Ireland was ruled directly from Westminster close WestminsterThe London location of the British government.. However, many Irish people wanted independence from Britain.

On the evening of 7 December 1922 the prime minister of Northern Ireland, James Craig, set sail from Belfast to deliver his parliament’s decision, made only that afternoon, to opt out of the newly ...

Leading academics explore the causes and consequences of the Partition of Ireland in a series of authored talks, developed by Queen’s University Belfast with support from the BBC. A series of talks on ...

The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the ...

The exclusion of Ulster from any Irish home rule settlement became the overriding issue of the third home rule bill introduced in 1912. Irish Unionist leader Edward Carson initially ‘hoped to ...

In a uniquely personal journey to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland in 1921, award-winning reporter Peter Taylor revisits the films he has made over the past 50 years to reflect on ...

However, the 1920 legislation was more popularly known as the ‘Partition Act’ as this was its most important impact on Irish politics and society. No political constituency in early 20th ...