An Irish Velvet Revolution

Achieving a united Ireland through repartition
John O’Connell
February 2004

   CONTENTS

           Section

            EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                                            1         

            BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT                                        2        

                THE PLANTATION: A CHRISTIAN ANALYSIS                    3              

           INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND                                              4        

              FORMATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND                                5            

              THE STATE OF NORTHERN IRELAND                                  6             

            THE TROUBLES                                                                           7         

                 THE SUNNINGDALE AGREEMENT 1973                               8             

                  THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT 1985                                  9              

              THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT 1998                               10           

                THE PLAN FOR IRISH UNITY                                                11            

                                       PROBABLE OUTCOME                                             12                           

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.

   I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matt 10:34)

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