Sir James Craig

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A Difficult Birth: The Early Years of Northern Ireland, 1920-25 by Alan F Parkinson

Belfast Telegraph 10 Aug 2021

In his comments on the birth of Northern Ireland, he is critical of the leadership provided by Sir James Craig, as well as the refusal of the Catholic minority to participate in the workings of the new state, and threats from the south ... The parts played by politicians such as Sir James Craig and Joseph Devlin are described ... Enter email address ... .

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When Lloyd George met de Valera: ‘Why do you insist upon Republic? Saorstat is good enough'

The Irish Times 10 Jul 2021

She also records that Lloyd George had seen Sir James Craig, finding him “quite obstinate”, as was his cabinet who, for their part, believed that Lloyd George was “trying to use Sinn Féin to persuade them to concede something” ... had made to which Craig’s statement was a reply.

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Partition is a disaster and we still live with its grotesque effects

Belfast Telegraph 29 Jun 2021

Enter email address ... This was done on the insistence of Sir James Craig, the unionist leader, who wanted Northern Ireland to have a permanent Protestant majority ... The British government conceded to James Craig’s appalling sectarian carve-up and therein laid the seeds for permanent Catholic opposition to, and alienation from, this six county state ... .

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Opening of NI parliament by King is marked 100 years later

Belfast Telegraph 22 Jun 2021

“Who would have thought, 100 years ago, as James Craig stood in City Hall at the opening of parliament that unionists would go on to fail to even get a centenary stone at Stormont because Sinn Fein said ‘no’?” ... It was a day of celebration for Sir James Craig, the Prime Minister-designate, and his unionist supporters.

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‘Belfast let itself go with a vengeance’: Reporting the king’s speech, 1921

The Irish Times 22 Jun 2021

The reporter did not hold back. clouds threatening rain meant nothing to the gathering crowds, which were impossible to number, because they knew a shower would not ruin the occasion ... .” ... Among the many attendees were chief secretary Sir Hamar Greenwood, Lady Greenwood, as well as the North’s first prime minister, James Craig, and his cabinet ... ... .

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Northern Ireland centenary: King’s speech the first of many peace pleas

Belfast Telegraph 21 Jun 2021

On the other hand, James Craig hoped that the King might use the opportunity to express solidarity with his loyal subjects in Ulster ... ‘I can’t tell you how glad I am I came, but you know my entourage were very much against it’, to which James Craig replied, ‘Sir, you are surrounded by pessimists; we are all optimists over here’.

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NI 100: Building a 'mini-Westminster' in strife-torn Belfast

BBC News 20 Jun 2021

For many nationalist opponents of the parliament, its role was summed up by the comments of Prime Minister Sir James Craig during a debate in the Commons in 1934, when he said ... and ministers, including Prime Minister Sir James Craig, even had time to go on cruises while in office.

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Is it any wonder relations north and south are so bad?

Belfast Telegraph 10 Jun 2021

It did not get off to a good start. Sir James Craig and Michael Collins signed a pact in London on March 30, 1922, but within weeks the IRA had launched a northern offensive against Northern Ireland and they did so with the covert support of Collins and his provisional government in Dublin ... Daily Headlines Newsletter & Evening Telegraph Newsletter ... .

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‘Boris border’ latest example of bullying and betrayal … unionists should not be surprised

Belfast Telegraph 10 Jun 2021

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Unionists should not surprised when they encounter bullying and betrayal and ‘Boris border’ the latest example

Belfast Telegraph 10 Jun 2021

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NI 100: Laying the foundations of the Northern Ireland Parliament

BBC News 07 Jun 2021

Northern Ireland's first prime minister Sir James Craig came into office exactly 100 years ago ... Craig was still ... Sir James Craig, the Unionist leader at the time, was appointed prime minister and went on to serve in the post for the next two decades, until his death in 1940.

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NI 100: The huge challenges that faced NI's new government

BBC News 06 Jun 2021

Sir James Craig, the leader of the Unionist Party,had been appointed prime minister earlier that day by the lord lieutenant of Ireland ... Craig quickly set about establishing a government modelled on Westminster and Whitehall, with seven departments and supported by a cabinet secretariat.

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‘No sane man would undertake to carry on a parliament with such a small majority’

Belfast Telegraph 27 May 2021

Indeed, the latter was still under consideration in 1920 and was the favoured option of unionist leader Sir Edward Carson, as well as many who thought that it could aid the future reunification of Ireland ... Commenting on a Northern Irish state that would constitute the province of Ulster, Sir James Craig noted.

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Claim of British trickery in Anglo-Irish Treaty talks ‘debunked’ by memo

The Irish Times 25 May 2021

The Welsh Wizard, as he was known, was a skilled negotiator who could use bluff, flattery and coercion in equal measure to get his way ... There is no basis to that,” he said ... ” ... The contents of the memorandum were included in the draft of a letter intended to be sent to the Northern Ireland prime minister Sir James Craig, but not in the letter as sent ... .

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NI 100: The election that allowed a two-year-old to vote

BBC News 24 May 2021

The two-year-old voter ... James McCourt, of Longstone Street, "plumped for Mr Barbour, the only name he could utter" ... Among the others were Sir James Craig and John Miller Andrews. Craig would become Northern Ireland's first prime minister a month later, a position he would hold for almost two decades before being succeeded by Andrews ... .