Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Historical Background
6. Chapter 1: College Green, Dublin Castle and Westminster: The Institutional Factor 5
7. Chapter 2: Home Rule: One Step or Two? The Liberal-Nationalist Dichotomy 1905-11 27
8. Part II. The Shaping Of The Settlement
9. Introduction 41
10. Chapter 3: The Unionist Dimension 1912-14: One Nation or Two? 43
11. Chapter 4: The War Years 1914-19; Parliamentary Epilogue, Revolutionary Prologue 79
12. Part III. The Settlement: The First Phase
13. Chapter 5: The Government of Ireland Act 1920: Devolution and Division 113
14. Part IV. The Settlement: The Second Phase
15. Chapter 6: Towards a Dominion Settlement 141
16. Chapter 7: Negotiating a Settlement: Issues and Outcome 171
17. Chapter 8: The Treaty: Purposes and Provisions 190
18. Chapter 9: The Aftermath to the Treaty 196
19. Chapter 10: 'Elements of Dynamite': the Rounding Off of the Settlement 1922-25 217
20. Part V. The Testing Of The Settlement
21. Chapter 11: The Settlement in Being: Northern Ireland 241
22. Chapter 12: The Settlement in Being: An Irish Dominion 1922-32 260
23. Part VI. The Undoing Of The Settlement
24. Chapter 13: The Dismantling of the Dominion Settlement 1932-38 279
25. Chapter 14: External Association 1937-49 308
26. Chapter 15: The Ending of External Association 323
27. Chapter 16: Stormont Undermined 1949-73 337
28. Part VII. Perspectives
29. Chapter 17: Some Reflections 347
30. Notes 354
31. Appendix 372
32. Index 373