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Events relating to northern ireland
The Scots, a tribal group of northern Ireland, extend their kingdom across the sea into Scotland
Those in Britain's Liberal party opposing Home Rule for Ireland become a separate group under the name of Unionists
Edward Carson tells a vast crowd in Northern Ireland that they must be ready to defend their Protestant province by force
Half a million Unionist men and women in Belfast commit themselves to civil disobedience if Home Rule government is established in Ireland
A Home Rule Act is finally passed for Ireland, with its implementation postponed until after the war
The Government of Ireland Act provides for separate devolved parliaments in southern Ireland and the six counties of Ulster
James Craig succeeds Edward Carson as leader of the Ulster Unionist party in northern Ireland
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appoints James Craig the first prime minister of the new Northern Ireland Parliament
The Parliament of Northern Ireland convenes for the first time
James Craig (later Lord Craigavon) begins a 19-year term as prime minister of the new province of Northern Ireland
De Valera's new constitution for Eire lays claim to the six counties of northern Ireland
Lord Craigavon (previously James Craig) dies in office after nineteen years as northern Ireland's prime minister
Basil Brooke begins an unbroken 20-year period in office as Unionist prime minister of northern Ireland
The British government declares that northern Ireland will remain British unless the parliament in Stormont decides otherwise
Terence O'Neill succeeds Basil Brooke (Lord Brookeborough) as Northern Ireland's prime minister
Terence O'Neill and Séan Lemass, prime ministers of Northern Ireland and Ireland, have two unprecedented meetings
Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins critical acclaim for Death of a Naturalist, his first volume containing more than a few poems
The first civil rights march in northern Ireland, in Derry, is halted by the police with batons and water cannon
The Provisional IRA reintroduces terrorism to northern Ireland after Protestants attack a civil rights march
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is formed in northern Ireland as a coalition of Catholic nationalists and civil-rights campaigners
Ian Paisley and others in northern Ireland form the Democratic Unionist Party, as the intransigent wing of Ulster Unionism
Internment without trial, reintroduced in Ulster to deal with the developing crisis, is used at first only against Catholics suspected of terrorism
Internment is ended in Ulster after the Gardiner Report states that it brings the law into disrepute
Republican activist Gerry Adams is elected president of Sinn Fein
The IRA declares a cease-fire in Northern Ireland, a gesture followed a month later by Protestant paramilitaries
