Word: irelander
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...anticipation of trouble with Northern Ireland, misnamed Ulster, over the boundary disputes (TIME, March 31, May 5, May 26), recruiting for the Free State Army began...
...Parliament of Northern Ireland an estimate of $3,693,428 was passed for the special constabulary. It was stated that no reduction of the force could be contemplated while the border question remained unsettled, and that a supplementary vote would be presented in the Fall...
...only road out of the difficulty was: 1) direct settlement between Cosgrave and Craig; 2) appointment by the King on the advice of the British Government of a commissioner to represent Northern Ireland; 3) settlement by the Privy Council...
...James Craig was born in County Down 53 years ago, became first a soldier, then a politician, held several important Government positions in the Imperial Parliament, then became on June 7, 1921 first Premier of Northern Ireland...
...very difficult task that Sir James undertook when he formed his first ministry, but it has been largely through his undoubted good qualities as a statesman that he has been able to preserve an outward semblance of peace in his small corner of Ireland...