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GREAT WAR FACTSHEETS, 2023
A 'debate' with the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton
Bishop Colton claims the commemorations of the Irish War of Independence might fuel sectarianism.... more Bishop Colton claims the commemorations of the Irish War of Independence might fuel sectarianism. This paper asks him why it might in view of what his predecessor and other Protestant representatives said during the war itself.
Drafts by Jack Lane
There is an easy way to establish whether or not there was an Anglo-Irish Treaty agreed in Londo... more There is an easy way to establish whether or not there was an Anglo-Irish Treaty agreed in London on 6th Dec 1921 – is there an agreement in existence headed “A Treaty between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom” signed automatically and appropriately by the respective Heads of State, President Eamon de Valera and His Britannic Majesty King George V? That’s a rather simple and straightforward description of such an agreement. Are there any, much repeated, Pathé newsreels of such an auspicious event? Of course not as it never happened. Such a Treaty does not exist and could not exist. Why? That’s what I will try to explore.
Any Treaty worthy of the name must have some basic preconditions; first and foremost that it was freely entered into by mutually recognised independent states. What was signed at 2am on 6th December 1921 did not meet a single one of these preconditions and entailed much worse:
• It was signed under a threat of immediate war.
• The Irish Republic was not recognised.
• The British Government demanded and got an oath of allegiance from the Irish negotiators.
• The Irish Government was specifically prevented from seeing or agreeing to its final terms before the document was signed.
• The word ‘Treaty’ is not mentioned anywhere in the text – instead it is referred to as an ‘instrument’ throughout.
It is oxymoronic to call such a thing a Treaty.
Talks by Jack Lane
Aubane Historical Society, 2023
Irish Political Review, 2024
GREAT WAR FACTSHEETS, 2023
A 'debate' with the Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton
Bishop Colton claims the commemorations of the Irish War of Independence might fuel sectarianism.... more Bishop Colton claims the commemorations of the Irish War of Independence might fuel sectarianism. This paper asks him why it might in view of what his predecessor and other Protestant representatives said during the war itself.
There is an easy way to establish whether or not there was an Anglo-Irish Treaty agreed in Londo... more There is an easy way to establish whether or not there was an Anglo-Irish Treaty agreed in London on 6th Dec 1921 – is there an agreement in existence headed “A Treaty between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom” signed automatically and appropriately by the respective Heads of State, President Eamon de Valera and His Britannic Majesty King George V? That’s a rather simple and straightforward description of such an agreement. Are there any, much repeated, Pathé newsreels of such an auspicious event? Of course not as it never happened. Such a Treaty does not exist and could not exist. Why? That’s what I will try to explore.
Any Treaty worthy of the name must have some basic preconditions; first and foremost that it was freely entered into by mutually recognised independent states. What was signed at 2am on 6th December 1921 did not meet a single one of these preconditions and entailed much worse:
• It was signed under a threat of immediate war.
• The Irish Republic was not recognised.
• The British Government demanded and got an oath of allegiance from the Irish negotiators.
• The Irish Government was specifically prevented from seeing or agreeing to its final terms before the document was signed.
• The word ‘Treaty’ is not mentioned anywhere in the text – instead it is referred to as an ‘instrument’ throughout.
It is oxymoronic to call such a thing a Treaty.
Aubane Historical Society, 2023
Irish Political Review, 2024