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Episode 22: The North Poll
The people of Northern Ireland finally get their say in the State's very first election
The first election in Northern Ireland is an early try-out for proportional representation. Unionists take advantage of the system of transferrable votes, and most of the seats in the new Parliament. Ireland is split. Not just politically and geographically β but culturally too. Declan and Tara learn how the two states evolve post-partition.
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Year β21
The story of the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, told week by week.
