NI Politics in the 20's - Boundary Commission, The Orange Order and Proportional Representation (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Treaty that established Boundary Commission
Treaty that established Boundary Commission
Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921
Boundary Commission purpose
Boundary Commission purpose
Determine border between NI & Irish Free State
Areas nationalists hoped Boundary Commission would transfer
Areas nationalists hoped Boundary Commission would transfer
Parts of Fermanagh and Tyrone
Year Boundary Commission findings leaked
Year Boundary Commission findings leaked
1925
Boundary Commission recommendations
Boundary Commission recommendations
Only minor changes to border
Outcome of Boundary Commission report
Outcome of Boundary Commission report
Suppressed, border left unchanged
Orange Order founding year
Orange Order founding year
1795
Orange Order's main goal
Orange Order's main goal
Maintain Protestant ascendancy in Ireland
First NI PM & Orange Order member
First NI PM & Orange Order member
James Craig
What do Twelfth of July parades commemorate?
What do Twelfth of July parades commemorate?
Battle of the Boyne 1690
Act introducing PR in Ireland
Act introducing PR in Ireland
Government of Ireland Act 1920
PR voting system in NI
PR voting system in NI
Single Transferable Vote (STV)
Year PR abolished for local elections
Year PR abolished for local elections
1929
System replacing PR in 1929
System replacing PR in 1929
First-past-the-post
Year Northern Ireland established
Year Northern Ireland established
1921