Ireland History

In the Six Counties it was declared, both in the press and at public meetings, that ” Ulster ” would not yield an inch of her territory. On the other hand, the Nationalists of the South considered that the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh, in both of which there were small Nationalist majorities, or at least considerable parts of them, should be ceded to the Free State. That, if this were done, ” Northern Ireland ” would be reduced to such small proportions that its successful adminis¬tration would become an economic impossibility was a consideration which did not move them. On November 19th (1925), the ” Morning Post,” a London daily paper, published an alleged forecast of the decision of the Boundary Commission.

Above: Map of Southern Ireland

Posted on August 17th, 2008 under The Boundary Question. Tags: Boundary Commission, Dail Eireann, daily paper, Free State, Morning Post, Northern Ireland, Tyrone and Fermanagh, ulster. Comments: None

Above : Portrait Of Henry Joy McCracken

The Insurrection broke out at three different points : in mid-Leinster, that is to say in the counties of Kildare, Carlow, Meath and to some extent in Dublin ; in the Ulster counts of Antrim and Down ; and in Wexford and Wicklow In Cork there was one encounter between a few hundred peasants and a troop of yeomanry, but the rest of Munster, and the entire province of Connaught, remained quiet.

Posted on August 15th, 2008 under Insurrection Of 1798. Tags: Antrim, Down, father john murphy, henry joy mccracken, henry munroe, Insurrection, major general nugent, mid-leinster, ulster, wexford, wicklow. Comments: None