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Informationen zum Autor Paul Murray was a postgraduate Fellow at NUI Galway and an Irish Research Scholar (2000-3). He has a doctorate in politics from NUI Galway. A contributor to History Ireland! he is currently completing a degree in Law at NUI Galway. Klappentext In this comprehensive history of the Irish Boundary Commission! Paul Murray looks at British attempts from 1886 on to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for Home Rule; Ulster and British Unionist resistance to this demand; the 1920 partition of Ireland; and the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty! where the roots of the Irish Boundary Commission are found. The evidence presented at the Commission and the principles on which it based its decisions are analyzed against the background of evolving British views on the dangers posed for British and Unionist interests on both islands by a radical redrawing of the 1920 border. Zusammenfassung A history of the Irish Boundary Commission. It looks at British attempts from 1886 onwards to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for Home Rule! Ulster and British Unionist resistance to this demand! the 1920 partition of Ireland! and the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty! where the roots of the establishment of the Commission are to be found. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; ONE: The Partition of Ireland: The Forces at Play; TWO The Anglo-Irish Treaty & the Ulster Question; THREE: Anticipating the Boundary Commission; FOUR: The Commission in Session; FIVE: Procedures and Findings; SIX: The Boundary Commission's European Context; SEVEN: The Division of Ireland: Normative Issues; EIGHT: Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
