"There was nothing in you vast paste job that contradicted anything I have said!"
Yes there is Keith

If there is, produce it. Not screenfuls of text, just the salient paragraph.

What exactly are you claiming was "consensus" on partition?

There was consensus on the Bill, which came after the Buck Ho. conference.
Not my claim. I just quoted History Ireland.

Partition was left to be resolved, but home rule was guaranteed.
The rising destroyed the consensus, did not prevent partition, and gave Ireland years of bloody conflict.