Connolly and the First World War
Part 11 of Michael Johnson’s series on the life and politics of James Connolly. The rest of the series can be found here.
In March 1914, Asquith made his new and final proposal on Home Rule, putting forward a scheme whereby the Ulster counties could exclude themselves from the new Irish constitution. It was supposed to be a temporary exclusion, for six years, but a general election in the interim delivering a Tory majority could make it permanent.