Word: fermanagh
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Under this extreme recalcitrancy lies trouble of a kind that is manufactured only in Ireland. Northern Ireland claims that the six counties Armagh, Antrim, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone) which form her territory, were delimited in the Government of Ireland Act of 1920; that the boundary between the Free State and Northern Ireland (cause of all the trouble) was therefore fixed and agreed to by the North and the Parliament at Westminster...
...party to both Irish Acts, is in the position of having sold the same piece of ground to two purchasers. The North sticks to its contention that the six counties are an integral part of Northern Ireland. The Free State claims that the final disposition of Tyrone and Fermanagh, both said to be predominantly Catholic counties in a Protestant State, should be settled in accordance with the wishes of the inhabitants. Irish disagreement is proverbial, but to make matters worse even the English cannot agree. Some claim that the Boundary Commission, as defined by the Free State Act, was empowered...
...delegate on the Irish Boundary Commission is certain to become law. But this will by no means end the Irish boundary question. If the Commission rectifies the boundary, the Free State will tear its hair in rage; if, on the other hand, the Commission calmly hands over Tyrone and Fermanagh to the Free State, Northern Ireland will see red. Truly a case of "where there is no peace...
...Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh...