The Irish Crisis of 1914 and its Potential Outcomes

The assassination of France Ferdinand and Austria's declaration of war on Serbia directly affected the possibility of a civil war in Ireland./nThe violence from Ireland would have affected the entirety of the United Kingdom in 1914./nThe stalemate position in 1914 with the passing of the bill and no prospect of enforcing an Ulster made resolving the issue peacefully difficult./nThe period was the greatest crisis to confront a British government since the Civil Wars of the 17th century./nThis was the last time religion seriously mattered and the last time Ireland really mattered.

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