The Commission Irish Boundary Commission



irish boundary commission s first sitting in ireland. irish independent, thursday, 11 december 1924. second left, mr. j. r. fisher; center: mr. justice feetham; second right, dr. eoin macneill.


due delay caused irish civil war, commission appointed in 1924. northern ireland government, adopted policy of refusing cooperate commission since did not wish lose territory, refused appoint representative. resolve first labour government in united kingdom , irish free state government legislated allow uk government appoint representative on behalf. commission convened in 1925 consisting of:



justice richard feetham of south africa chairman (appointed by, , representing, british government)
eoin macneill, minister education (appointed by, , representing, free state government)
joseph r. fisher, unionist newspaper editor, author , barrister (appointed british government represent northern ireland government)

the nationalist interpretation of article 12 commission should redraw border according local nationalist or unionist majorities @ finely granular district electoral division (ded) level. since 1920 local elections in ireland had resulted in outright nationalist majorities in county fermanagh, county tyrone, city of derry , in many district electoral divisions of county armagh , county londonderry (all north , east of interim border), might have left northern ireland unviable. unionists content leave border unchanged.








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