100 Years Ago

1 March 1921 Work was beginning on what became the Railways Act of 1921, when the Government announced that the

28 February 1921 Lord Curzon, the Foreign Secretary, said that the British Government were committed to finding a resolution to

27 February 1921 The authorities in Dublin released documents they claimed had been captured from the Irish Republican Army, which

26 February 1921 The situation in Ireland continued to deteriorate and the authorities confirmed that the largest skirmish so far

25 February 1921 General Sir Nevil Macready said to troops in Ireland that the crimes committed by those seeking an

24 February 1921 The Government confirmed that the elections for the inaugural Ulster Parliament would take place on 5 April

23 February 1921 Edward Grey, the senior Liberal figure and the UK Ambassador to the United States between 1919 and

22 February 1921 A motion of no confidence in the Government’s strategy in Ireland was put forwards by William Wedgwood

21 February 1921 David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, sent a message to Ernest Evans who had just won the

20 February 1921 A group of armed Sinn Feiners raided three boarding houses in Liverpool and prevented 94 Irish emigrants