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Partition 100 years on: Northern Ireland s path set by first election a century ago
In the latest of his series of articles on the centenary of partition, historian Cormac Moore looks at the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, which took place 100 years ago this week 26 May, 2021 01:00 The slogan vote early and vote often , recorded in this image from The Sphere, captured the atmosphere of the first election to the new Northern Ireland Parliament, held 100 years ago this week. Unionists won 40 of the 52 seats and nationalists - who ran on an abstentionist ticket - 12.
ONE hundred years ago this week, on May 24 1921, the first election was held for the Northern Ireland Parliament, established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Project sheds light on six influential women with North Belfast connections
List even includes a patron saint of Ireland
Elizabeth Fry
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