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Article
British political theatre in Ireland: Winston Churchill and Belfast, 1912
History Ireland (2020)
  • M C Rast
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Abstract
This article uses a visit to Belfast by Winston Churchill in 1912 as a microcosm of the Third Home Rule Crisis; outlining the political and religious considerations that influenced the debate over Irish self-government and eventually encouraged the idea of partitioning the island of Ireland into two separate states.
Keywords
  • Winston Churchill,
  • home rule,
  • partition,
  • Ireland,
  • Northern Ireland,
  • Ulster,
  • Belfast,
  • British Empire
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2020
Citation Information
M C Rast. "British political theatre in Ireland: Winston Churchill and Belfast, 1912" History Ireland Vol. 28 Iss. 1 (2020) p. 34 - 37
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mrast/23/