Person: Andrew Bonar Law

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">Dr Audrey Whitty, director of the National Library of Ireland; Tánaiste Micheál Martin; UCC president Prof John O’Halloran, and Charlotte Otway-Norwood (daughter of Andrew Bonar Law). Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision</p>

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State acquires Bonar Law's treasure trove of maps for UCC

Collection includes close to 10,000 maps, some 9,000 prints, caricature prints, and ballad sheets

Rising was justified given the politics of the time

Historical evidence on Home Rule ignored

Asquith and Bonar Law both undid Home Rule

Britain is likely to end up with a short-lived minority government

Contempt for democracy sparked revolution

Republicans’ original mandate can be consigned to dustbin of history

NEXT weekend marks the 90th anniversary of the 1918 general election, the last British election in which the people of the 26 Counties participated.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2008

Why Irish nationalism failed the stress test

I AGREE with Anthony Leavy (Letters, March 27) that Andrew Bonar Law’s extra-parliamentary opposition to the passage of the Home Rule Act mandated by the electorate of the United Kingdom in the general election of 1910 was an act of treason.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2008

Rising was sparked by opponents of home rule

IT IS difficult to argue with Gerald Morgan’s conclusion (Letters, March 22) that the Easter Rising was provoked by “the failure of the British to respect the democratic mandate for Irish home rule”.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2008

We are still a long way from an agreed version of the Rising

IT is clear from the responses to President McAleese’s defence of the moral and political status of the Easter Rebellion of 1916, such as that you published by Brian McCaffrey (‘President’s speech under fire,’ Irish Examiner letters, February 7) ...

Mon, 20 Feb, 2006

British anthem at Croke Park unacceptable to Irish sensibilities

THE GAA is to be congratulated for its generosity in making Croke Park available for international rugby and soccer matches in 2007 and 2008 during the rebuilding of Lansdowne Road.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2006