Irish Unionism and the New Ireland

Buckland, Patrick

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“…He was ultimately able to carry on his practice 'until the end', however, 'becoming a recognised authority on the Law of Real Property'. 63 Jellett died in 1936 as 'father' of the Irish bar, having appeared in many of the most important cases in the state. 64 SILRA in Britain SILRA was formed as part of a private response to an influx of southern Irish loyalist 'refugees' into Britain around spring 1922.…”

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“…Patrick Buckland described how the IUA 'abandoned its political activities' from early 1922 and adopted 'a new, harmless political role' as a SILRA advisory committee. 131 The London committee's frosty relationship with the British Legion and the attention the association received on both islands, however, made that much more difficult in practice. There were also fundamental differences between the perceived purpose and aims of the association as its London organisation saw it and the Dublin committee's understanding of its own remitor at least the remit it felt it could pursue.…”

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‘Our Own People’: The Southern Irish Loyalists Relief Association in Interwar Britain and Ireland

Hughes¹

2023

Contemporary European History

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The Southern Irish Loyalists Relief Association (SILRA) was originally founded in London in 1922 to aid ‘refugees’ in Britain. It also had an Irish sub-committee, and soon focussed its attention almost exclusively on those loyalists who remained in the Irish Free State (IFS). Populated by diehard Conservatives and Irish unionists, SILRA demonstrates the longevity of the afterlife of the Irish Revolution for both of these groups – though both had experienced it very differently. As a non-violent reactionary movement that spanned Britain, Ireland, and the dominions, SILRA offers a useful transnational case-study of interwar counter-revolution in a British context. Moreover, SILRA's Irish committee highlights some of the ways in which the sternest southern loyalists and unionists – who found themselves among the ‘losers’ of the Irish Revolution – preserved allegiances and social solidarity in the IFS.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Silra In the Irish Free Statementioning

confidence: 99%