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Episode 2: The Midwife
The story of how a little-known civil servant was key to creating Northern Ireland
You've probably never heard of Sir Ernest Clark. But this unassuming Englishman was one of the main architects in the creation of a new state as Ireland was divided into 2 separate administrations. Historians Éamon Phoenix and Cormac Moore tell Declan and Tara why Sir Ernest Clark is sometimes described as 'The Midwife' to Northern Ireland.
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Year ‘21
The story of the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, told week by week.
