It was the Welsh, not the English, who partitioned Ireland

Memo to Fr Sean McManus, (‘Faux shock that Mary Lou McDonald was seen marching with England Get Out of Ireland banner,’ March 18):

Ireland was partitioned by a Welsh prime minister and a Welsh chief secretary in 1920.

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Letter to the editor

Namely:

1. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, as prime minister.

2. Sir Hamar Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Llanbister, Radnorshire, as Chief Secretary. of Ireland.

Dr Gerald Morgan, Dublin

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