Jim,
To make such yor ridiculous claim possible would require a referendum

Don't be silly. Everyone knows where the nationalist and unionist communities are located.
Villages and towns that were mostly Nationalist would want to be outside the line.
Those that were Unionist would want to be inside.

The line was drawn to satisfy as many as possible.

Thompson,
They were never going to allow Home Rule to come into being.

No-one could have stopped it. It had been passed into law. They could have had a united Ireland and home rule leading to full independence without any murders or any civil war.

The "Rising" was utterly unnecessary and counter productive.

Kevin,
The decision to end the union with Europe didn't require getting the agreement of other Europeans,

Yes, but the rest of Europe could not have voted us out, any more than the rest of Britain could vote out Scotland, N.I. or Wales.

The peoples of those countries are entitled to self determination.