"Home rule was an attempt to make Ireland a Dominion - that was not independence."

Really Jom?

Tell that to thee Canadians, the Australians, the South Africans, the Indians, the Pakistanis, the New Zealanders.

Truth remains Jom had the Irish gone for Home rule and dominion status in 1920 then a fully independent and united Ireland would have come into existence in 1931. Instead seven eedjits in secret and entirely off their own bat opted for the path of violence the gun and solely because of that you are as far away now from an independent united Ireland as you were 103 years ago.