TV Review: Partition, 1921 — why there aren’t more statues of Cromwell around Ireland

And Bertie Ahern gives great telly

Michael Portillo meets with Gerry Adams for Partition, 1921

Tue, 15 Jun, 2021 - 12:32

Pat Fitzpatrick

I was expecting more fireworks and even craic in Partition, 1921 (RTÉ One and RTÉ Player). The publicity photos showed Michael Portillo sitting down with Gerry Adams (for the first time apparently) and for some reason, I thought they might share some cracking banter. Portillo was elected to the House of Commons as a Tory MP after his predecessor was killed in the Brighton Bombing in 1984.

As we know, Gerry Adams couldn’t possibly know anything about this because he was never in the IRA, but you’d imagine he must have heard some gossip in the pubs. So I was looking forward to seeing how they got on.