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Road to partition: the plan to divide Ireland

Partition became a reality after the December 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty, but the idea had been suggested years before and the border was enshrined in the Better Government of Ireland Act …

An old customs building at a border crossing in Co Donegal

Road to Partition: how the border was drawn up

Ulster map

Interactive map: how the border could have been

A cartoon showing Lloyd George bringing the partition bill to Carson

Politics of partition: how different parties saw the new border

Edward Carson

Road to partition: the unionist perspective

Century Ireland

Century Ireland: reporting this week in 1920

By Eamon de Valera's return from America on 23 December, 1920, Secretary of State for Ireland Hamar Greenwood was describing De Valera as 'the one man who can deliver the goods'

December 1920 major step in making Partition a reality

Decade of Commemorations

David McCullagh

Two minute guide: David McCullagh on how the border was drawn

Searching a truck at the border

The History Show on the origins of the border

About the War of Independence project

The War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

The partners of the War of Independence project