On This Day / May 5, 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 5th May 1921, James Craig travelled to Dublin, Unionists attacked Catholic education and a Donegal man was sentenced by courtmartial. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Craig in Dublin | On This Day – 5th May 1921
LORD FitzAlan of Derwent has made his presence in Ireland formally known. He has officially summoned the two bogus ‘Parliaments’
Colonel Sir James Craig left for Dublin yesterday in obedience to a message from the new Lord Lieutenant. At the Viceregal Lodge he met the Earl of Kenmare – an intense Roman Catholic.
Unionist attack on Catholic ‘Hymn of Hate’
AT A meeting in support of [Unionist] candidates for West Belfast, Councillor Twaddell, JP again referred to the appointment of a Catholic Viceroy:
‘I have said before that it was contrary to the Constitutional Government of this country that a Roman Catholic should have been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He is in his innermost soul a Roman Catholic’.
He continued: ‘Another matter to which I take exception – and grave exception – is that Roman Catholic clergymen should have the management of schools.
‘So far as Protestant clergy are concerned, they have no desire for it – but they are largely responsible for improving the primary education of Ireland…
‘The Roman Catholic priests have been teaching the “Hymn of Hate” in their National Schools, maintained by loyal taxpayers.
‘The managers of Protestant schools do not teach the “Hymn of Hate” nor give the children the blackest pages in Irish history to read.’
Five Years for Donegal Man
A SENTENCE of five years’ penal servitude has been passed on Neil Blaney of Rossnakill, County Donegal who was recently tried by courtmartial in Derry on the charge of having documents likely to cause disaffection.
The accused, who refused to recognise the court, said he was a soldier of the IRA.
Border Trouble in Silesia
IN THE House of Commons last night Mr C Harmsworth said that the British member of the Plebiscite Commission in Silesia had reported that an insurrection, organised by Polish elements, broke out on May 2nd in Upper Silesia and that Allied troops in occupation had nine engagements with the insurgents.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Craig’s dramatic visit to Dublin, where he would secretly meet President de Valera, was highlighted by the Irish News as Northern nationalists hoped against hope that partition might yet be averted.
Twaddell’s bitter attack on Catholic schools ensured that Cardinal Logue would refuse to nominate a Church representative to the Lynn Committee on the future directly of the North’s education policy.
Meanwhile, the problems associated with the redrawing of national borders by a Boundary Commission were reported from Silesia, split between Germany and the new Polish state under a plebiscite ordained by the Versailles Treaty.
Neil Blaney was the father of later Fianna Fail Minister, Neil Blaney who featured in the 1970 Arms Trial.)
On This Day – 5th May April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
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Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
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Summary: On This Day – 5th May 1921, James Craig travelled to Dublin, Unionists attacked Catholic education and a Donegal man was sentenced by courtmartial. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Craig in Dublin | On This Day – 5th May 1921
LORD FitzAlan of Derwent has made his presence in Ireland formally known. He has officially summoned the two bogus ‘Parliaments’
Colonel Sir James Craig left for Dublin yesterday in obedience to a message from the new Lord Lieutenant. At the Viceregal Lodge he met the Earl of Kenmare – an intense Roman Catholic.
Unionist attack on Catholic ‘Hymn of Hate’
AT A meeting in support of [Unionist] candidates for West Belfast, Councillor Twaddell, JP again referred to the appointment of a Catholic Viceroy:
‘I have said before that it was contrary to the Constitutional Government of this country that a Roman Catholic should have been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He is in his innermost soul a Roman Catholic’.
He continued: ‘Another matter to which I take exception – and grave exception – is that Roman Catholic clergymen should have the management of schools.
‘So far as Protestant clergy are concerned, they have no desire for it – but they are largely responsible for improving the primary education of Ireland…
‘The Roman Catholic priests have been teaching the “Hymn of Hate” in their National Schools, maintained by loyal taxpayers.
‘The managers of Protestant schools do not teach the “Hymn of Hate” nor give the children the blackest pages in Irish history to read.’
Five Years for Donegal Man
A SENTENCE of five years’ penal servitude has been passed on Neil Blaney of Rossnakill, County Donegal who was recently tried by courtmartial in Derry on the charge of having documents likely to cause disaffection.
The accused, who refused to recognise the court, said he was a soldier of the IRA.
Border Trouble in Silesia
IN THE House of Commons last night Mr C Harmsworth said that the British member of the Plebiscite Commission in Silesia had reported that an insurrection, organised by Polish elements, broke out on May 2nd in Upper Silesia and that Allied troops in occupation had nine engagements with the insurgents.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Craig’s dramatic visit to Dublin, where he would secretly meet President de Valera, was highlighted by the Irish News as Northern nationalists hoped against hope that partition might yet be averted.
Twaddell’s bitter attack on Catholic schools ensured that Cardinal Logue would refuse to nominate a Church representative to the Lynn Committee on the future directly of the North’s education policy.
Meanwhile, the problems associated with the redrawing of national borders by a Boundary Commission were reported from Silesia, split between Germany and the new Polish state under a plebiscite ordained by the Versailles Treaty.
Neil Blaney was the father of later Fianna Fail Minister, Neil Blaney who featured in the 1970 Arms Trial.)
On This Day – 5th May April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
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Summary: On This Day – 5th May 1921, James Craig travelled to Dublin, Unionists attacked Catholic education and a Donegal man was sentenced by courtmartial. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Craig in Dublin | On This Day – 5th May 1921
LORD FitzAlan of Derwent has made his presence in Ireland formally known. He has officially summoned the two bogus ‘Parliaments’
Colonel Sir James Craig left for Dublin yesterday in obedience to a message from the new Lord Lieutenant. At the Viceregal Lodge he met the Earl of Kenmare – an intense Roman Catholic.
Unionist attack on Catholic ‘Hymn of Hate’
AT A meeting in support of [Unionist] candidates for West Belfast, Councillor Twaddell, JP again referred to the appointment of a Catholic Viceroy:
‘I have said before that it was contrary to the Constitutional Government of this country that a Roman Catholic should have been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He is in his innermost soul a Roman Catholic’.
He continued: ‘Another matter to which I take exception – and grave exception – is that Roman Catholic clergymen should have the management of schools.
‘So far as Protestant clergy are concerned, they have no desire for it – but they are largely responsible for improving the primary education of Ireland…
‘The Roman Catholic priests have been teaching the “Hymn of Hate” in their National Schools, maintained by loyal taxpayers.
‘The managers of Protestant schools do not teach the “Hymn of Hate” nor give the children the blackest pages in Irish history to read.’
Five Years for Donegal Man
A SENTENCE of five years’ penal servitude has been passed on Neil Blaney of Rossnakill, County Donegal who was recently tried by courtmartial in Derry on the charge of having documents likely to cause disaffection.
The accused, who refused to recognise the court, said he was a soldier of the IRA.
Border Trouble in Silesia
IN THE House of Commons last night Mr C Harmsworth said that the British member of the Plebiscite Commission in Silesia had reported that an insurrection, organised by Polish elements, broke out on May 2nd in Upper Silesia and that Allied troops in occupation had nine engagements with the insurgents.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Craig’s dramatic visit to Dublin, where he would secretly meet President de Valera, was highlighted by the Irish News as Northern nationalists hoped against hope that partition might yet be averted.
Twaddell’s bitter attack on Catholic schools ensured that Cardinal Logue would refuse to nominate a Church representative to the Lynn Committee on the future directly of the North’s education policy.
Meanwhile, the problems associated with the redrawing of national borders by a Boundary Commission were reported from Silesia, split between Germany and the new Polish state under a plebiscite ordained by the Versailles Treaty.
Neil Blaney was the father of later Fianna Fail Minister, Neil Blaney who featured in the 1970 Arms Trial.)
On This Day – 5th May April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
On This Day is a daily column in the Irish News looking back either 50 or 100 years. The column was compiled by Dr Éamon Phoenix from the mid 1980s until autumn, 2022. The Foundation is very grateful to the Irish News for giving permission to reproduce Eamon’s columns. Funding gratefully received from Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and the Magill Trust.
* The Foundation has worked hard to recreate Eamon’s distinctive voice through AI. Since this is an emerging technology, occasional imperfections may be audible.