Book review: Danny Morrison looks at the story of Irish partition

"How (author, Ivan) Gibbons can claim that although partition was messy and a second-best solution, it was pragmatic and avoided mass civil strife baffles me - given the thousands who died overall"
Book review: Danny Morrison looks at the story of Irish partition

King George arriving to open the new parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast, 1921.

Sun, 02 May, 2021 - 14:00
Danny Morrison

  • Partition – How and Why Ireland was Divided
  • Ivan Gibbons 
  • Haus Publishing, H/B ÂŁ12.99 

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