"Well noted Joe, the reason that the partition of Ireland came about was because out of a population of just over 3 million, almost 1 million wanted no part of an independent Ireland, by and large that remains the case to this day"

I'm a tad puzzled Terriblossom. The population of the 26 counties was about 3.1 million in 1911. Do the 1 million who wanted no part of an independent Ireland come from that number or are you mistaking that 1 million for the population of the 6 counties that comprise modern day Northern Ireland which was about 1.25 million of whom about 40% or half a million were Catholic.

If the 1 million came from the population of the 26 counties can be provide a link to your source.