"The army officers refused to support threatened violence from Usltermen in March 1914"

Exactly, on the orders of the British Government the Army moved troops to the six armament depots in the North to safeguard against those arms falling into the hands of the UVF if they decided to take any action. They most definitely were not going to support any threat of violence from the UVF in the North. Now tell us all how they managed to do that in the middle of this mutiny of yours were "half the officers in the Army" were refusing to obey orders, unless of course there wasn't a mutiny at all.

"The Unionists were totally opposed to the Home Rule Bill unless it included permanent partition which was granted to them in July 1914"

Oh dear Jim, time lines crossed again, nobody was talking about any permanent partition in 1914. You've got your July right but the year is two years out, it was in July 1916 that Carson got Lloyd George's assurance in writing that Ulster would never be forced into a united Ireland - but he {Lloyd George} did not give Carson any guarantee of a permanent partition. Now you tell me what happened in 1916 in Ireland that might have given the Unionists pause for thought and harden their attitudes to a united Ireland (HINT - Have a look at Dublin in April that year).

Jim Carroll - 16 May 16 - 02:13 PM

Joking no - prior to the arrival of the Normans in Ireland there was no united Irish Nation any notion that there was is a myth.