Home Rule

For the case of Ireland, the question of Home Rule brings up the whole issue of sovereignty on the island of Ireland, an issue which cannot be said to have been solved even today, as debates about the border in the context of Brexit show us.

This is a talk given on the hundredth anniversary of the passing of Home Rule in the UK parliament. The view one most hears about 1914 to 1916 is that the revolt in Dublin 1916 was carried out by national heroes, who laid the groundwork for the independence of  Southern Ireland, and for the future reunification of the island. This speaker, a conservative historian and previously Taoiseach gives a minority view which says that 1916 was a mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duhBjJU4Z5E&list=PLLePGfMO3qEXJwSLU-HLdJl-icDyjQ9Du&index=2&t=56s