Boundary Commission (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Period when boundary commissions were common
Period when boundary commissions were common
1920s
What established the Boundary Commission
What established the Boundary Commission
Article 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Number of members in the Boundary Commission
Number of members in the Boundary Commission
Three
Chairman of the Boundary Commission
Chairman of the Boundary Commission
Justice Richard Feetham
Free State representative on Boundary Commission
Free State representative on Boundary Commission
Eoin MacNeill
Northern Ireland representative on Commission
Northern Ireland representative on Commission
J.R. Fisher
When the Boundary Commission began work
When the Boundary Commission began work
November 1924
When the Commission report was leaked
When the Commission report was leaked
7 November 1925
Newspaper that leaked the Commission report
Newspaper that leaked the Commission report
Morning Post
Catholics moving from NI to Free State (Commission plan)
Catholics moving from NI to Free State (Commission plan)
25,000
% reduction in NI area under Commission plan
% reduction in NI area under Commission plan
3.7%
When Eoin MacNeill resigned from Commission
When Eoin MacNeill resigned from Commission
20 November 1925
When the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed
When the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed
3 December 1925
What Anglo-Irish Agreement did to border
What Anglo-Irish Agreement did to border
Retained existing borders from 1920
War debt cancelled in Anglo-Irish Agreement
War debt cancelled in Anglo-Irish Agreement
£8 million per year