Have no intentions of entering into debate with this troll, but would like to make the position of partitioning clear
Irland was never asked to vote on the division so there was veer any question of the majority choosing to remain separate
Lloyd George presented a take it or leave it Treaty, pointing out that if it was not accepted they would not intervene when the Unionists invaded Dublin as they had threatened to do - the treaty was signed under threat of War
Originally, the intention was to partition the whole 9 Counties of Ulster but when they did the math, Briain realised that this would give the Catholics a majority, so they removed the three Catholic Counties from the Treaty to allow the creation of an artificial gerrymandered Protestant State
The Unionists set about making the new province unequal by disfranchising those with no land - overwhelmingly Catholics who had been forbidden to own land for over a century   
This inequality led to held a century of unrest and bloodshed - the 'Troubles' broke out when Civil Rights marches demanding equality were diverted through crowds of stone-throwing Unionists and escalated into open warfare
While Ireland remains partitioned bloodshed will remain a threat, which is why the Border issues is so important

I have little doubt that our resident troll will scream "Made up shit" as this is all he seems to be capable of, but those are the documented historical facts of the partitioning of Ireland
Jim Carroll