belfast became the capital of northern ireland in 1914.
when did belfast become the capital of northern ireland?
1914
in may 1922, the ira in belfast assassinated ulster unionist party mp william twaddell. in response, the next day, the uup government of northern ireland interned over 200 irish republicans in belfast and 350 throughout northern ireland. over 750 ira men were interned by 1923. this was a damaging blow to the belfast brigade, but more damaging still was the outbreak of the irish civil war on june 28. this meant that the ira in the south of ireland was now split into warring factions. in addition, the aid which the free state government had given to the northern ira was cut off after the death of michael collins in august 1922. on top of this, joe mckelvey, the leader of the ira in belfast, left the city to side with the anti-treaty ira in the civil war. he was captured and subsequently executed by the free state. most of the other ira leaders in belfast supported the anglo-irish treaty, as they had been persuaded that it would ultimately result in a united, independent ireland. in addition over 1,000 ira men in belfast had to flee northern ireland to escape the repression there and around 500 of them were recruited into the pro-treaty national army during the civil war.
belfast brigade (ira)
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