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Partition and The Border – Online Resources:

Partition and The Border – Books and PDF Documents:

  • Colonialism and Ireland: The Choice Facing us is between Empire and Republic by McVeigh & Bill Rolston. Beyond the Pale Books. 2021.
  • The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politic by Prof Dermot Ferriter. Profile Books. 2019.
  • Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925  by Charles Townsend. 2021.
  • 32 Counties: The Failure of Partition and the Case for a United Ireland by Kieran Allen. Pluto Press. 2021.
  • Literature, partition and the nation-state : culture and conflict in Ireland, Israel and Palestine by Joe Cleary. 2002 [Available to read  by registering on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/].
  • Labour and Partition : the Belfast Working Class, 1905-1923 by Austen Morgan. Pluto Press. 1991. [Available to read  by registering on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/].
  • Northern Ireland: Orange State by Michael Farrell. Pluto Press. 1976. Out of Print. [Available to read  by registering on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/].
  • The indivisible Island : the History of the Partition of Ireland by Frank Gallagher. 1957. Out of Print. [Available to read  by registering on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/].
  • Ireland upon the Dissecting Table: James Connolly on Ulster and Partition. James Connolly on Ulster & Partition. The Cork Workers Club. No.11. 1975. Out of Print.
  • The Life and Times of James Connolly by C. Desmond Greaves. Lawrence & Wishart.1972. Out of Print. See Chapter 18: ‘Partition 1913-1914’. [Available to read  by registering on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/].
  • Government of Ireland Act – Act of British Parliament. 1920 (PDF).
  • The Northern Conflict & British Power – Jack Bennett. The Irish Sovereignty Movement. Pamphlet No.1. 1972.(PDF). 
  • Irish Left Archive – Hosted by the Cedar Lounge Revolution.
  • ‘The Transformation of the Irish Border’ – John Coakley & Liam O’Dowd. Political Geography. 2007. (PDF).