Government of Ireland Act essay
British government Ulster Unionists Southern Unionists
-was a conservative -secured 6 county exclusion Completely dissatisfied
dominated coalition which against the original 9 -the members of the Irish
set up the long committee counties envisaged by the unionist alliance were
to shape their Irish policy drafting committee under dismayed by the readiness
-Long’s sympathies Long of the ulster unionists to
guaranteed a settlement -separate parliament in embrace this act
that was favourable to the Belfast implied a -the council of Ireland was a
ulster unionists- a united permanency which could superficial mechanism for
Ireland was to be unlikely not be revoked by future unity and they were
-was drafted during the Westminster governments appalled by the limited
Anglo-Irish war -the role of the northern authority it held – its
-craig would not settle for 9 Ireland senate was harmless diminished powers and
county exclusion-the act -the Belfast parliament ulster unionist suspicion
was changed to a 6 county could abolish proportional meant it fell into disuse
Northern Ireland- craig was representation within 3 -confirmed southern
a member of the coalition- years unionist abandonment
he shaped the act to his -craig had successful within the 26 counties as
liking lobbied for a limitation of permanent partition was
-was seen as a political the powers of the council of established and many
solution to the anglo-irish Ireland to prevent future feared an uncertain future
war unity as an isolated and scattered
-was an attempt to take out -27th may 1920- craig won minority in a hostile state
the ‘ulster question’ from the endorsement of the
british politics UUC in favour of the Act
-wanted to avoid a future
conflict with sinn fein -a defeat for carson who led
ulster resitstance to totally
defeat home rule
-unionists in cavan,
moneghan and Donegal
were bitter at what they
saw as their abandonment
by the UUC and a betrayal
of the commitments of the
covenant of 1912
-there was 70,000 unionists
in the 3 abandoned counties
and 200,000 nationalists
Sinn Fein Constitutional nationalists
-refused to recognise the -aspirations had been
Act- failed to concede their crushed
demands for a full Irish -permanent partition- had
Republic that they were opposed this during the
fighting for during the Lloyd George negotiations
Anglo-Irish War -the safeguards for the
-Sinn Fein were the majority nationalist minority such as
British government Ulster Unionists Southern Unionists
-was a conservative -secured 6 county exclusion Completely dissatisfied
dominated coalition which against the original 9 -the members of the Irish
set up the long committee counties envisaged by the unionist alliance were
to shape their Irish policy drafting committee under dismayed by the readiness
-Long’s sympathies Long of the ulster unionists to
guaranteed a settlement -separate parliament in embrace this act
that was favourable to the Belfast implied a -the council of Ireland was a
ulster unionists- a united permanency which could superficial mechanism for
Ireland was to be unlikely not be revoked by future unity and they were
-was drafted during the Westminster governments appalled by the limited
Anglo-Irish war -the role of the northern authority it held – its
-craig would not settle for 9 Ireland senate was harmless diminished powers and
county exclusion-the act -the Belfast parliament ulster unionist suspicion
was changed to a 6 county could abolish proportional meant it fell into disuse
Northern Ireland- craig was representation within 3 -confirmed southern
a member of the coalition- years unionist abandonment
he shaped the act to his -craig had successful within the 26 counties as
liking lobbied for a limitation of permanent partition was
-was seen as a political the powers of the council of established and many
solution to the anglo-irish Ireland to prevent future feared an uncertain future
war unity as an isolated and scattered
-was an attempt to take out -27th may 1920- craig won minority in a hostile state
the ‘ulster question’ from the endorsement of the
british politics UUC in favour of the Act
-wanted to avoid a future
conflict with sinn fein -a defeat for carson who led
ulster resitstance to totally
defeat home rule
-unionists in cavan,
moneghan and Donegal
were bitter at what they
saw as their abandonment
by the UUC and a betrayal
of the commitments of the
covenant of 1912
-there was 70,000 unionists
in the 3 abandoned counties
and 200,000 nationalists
Sinn Fein Constitutional nationalists
-refused to recognise the -aspirations had been
Act- failed to concede their crushed
demands for a full Irish -permanent partition- had
Republic that they were opposed this during the
fighting for during the Lloyd George negotiations
Anglo-Irish War -the safeguards for the
-Sinn Fein were the majority nationalist minority such as
