The people’s voice was ignored and the result was a conflict ending in brutal civil war

THE column by Steven King headlined “Republicans’ original mandate can be consigned to dustbin of history” (December 3) left me perplexed, to say the least.

Mr King seems determined to “partitionise” what was an all-Ireland election.

In 1918, Ireland was one entity, not the partitioned island it is now. So, it is anybody’s guess why your columnist tried to discredit Sinn Féin’s emphatic victory by saying the party only won 25% of the seats in nine-county Ulster, thereby implying it was not an all-Ireland victory.