could not be sure of implementing it. Ireland seemed to be on the brink of civil war.

Exclusion of Ulster

In May 1914, the British government introduced an amending Bill to the Third Home Rule Act allowing for the "temporary exclusion of Ulster" from Home Rule. Some Ulster unionists were willing to tolerate the 'loss' of some mainly-Catholic areas of the province (the Ulster counties of Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal). The Chief Secretary for Ireland Augustine Birrell tasked civil servants

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