Irish Boundary Commission

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission

rdf:langString Armagh-Monaghan boundary

rdf:langString Eastern Fermanagh

rdf:langString South Armagh

rdf:langString South-West Fermanagh

rdf:langString Southern Fermanagh

rdf:langString Boundary changes recommended in County Fermanagh

rdf:langString Boundary changes recommended in the Armagh/Monaghan area

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission map - southern Fermanagh close-up.jpg

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission map - South Armagh close-up.jpg

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission map - western Armagh close-up.jpg

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission map - western Fermanagh close-up.jpg

rdf:langString Irish Boundary Commission map - eastern Fermanagh close-up.jpg

rdf:langString The Irish Boundary Commission (Irish: Coimisiún na Teorann) met in 1924–25 to decide on the precise delineation of the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, which ended the Irish War of Independence, provided for such a commission if Northern Ireland chose to secede from the Irish Free State (Article 12), an event that occurred as expected two days after the Free State's inception on 6 December 1922, resulting in the Partition of Ireland. The governments of the United Kingdom, of the Irish Free State and of Northern Ireland were to nominate one member each to the commission. When the Northern government refused to cooperate, the British government assigned a Belfast newspaper editor to represent Northern Irish interests. The provisional border in 1922 was that which the Government of Ireland Act 1920 made between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Most Irish nationalists hoped for a considerable transfer of land to the Free State, on the basis that most border areas had nationalist majorities. However, the Commission recommended relatively small transfers, and in both directions. This was leaked to The Morning Post in 1925, causing protests from both unionists and nationalists. In order to avoid the possibility of further disputes, the British, Free State, and Northern Ireland governments agreed to suppress the overall report, and on 3 December 1925, instead of any changes being made, the existing border was confirmed by W. T. Cosgrave for the Free State, Sir James Craig for Northern Ireland, and Stanley Baldwin for the British government, as part of a wider agreement which included a resolution of outstanding financial disagreements. This was then ratified by their three parliaments. The commission's report was not published until 1969.