17-07-2025
The Mick Clifford Podcast: How the Boundary Commission shaped history and resentment
James Craig, the leader of unionist Ireland in the 1920s, coined the phrase 'the root of all evil' to describe the Boundary Commission — the body set up in 1922 to determine exactly where the border between the South and North of Ireland should lie.
But what was it all about? Could it have been any different? Did the border actually beget evil?
Cormac Moore has written a fascinating account of the Boundary Commission, entitled The Root of All Evil.
Cormac is this week's guest on the podcast.
The Root of all Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission Cormac Moore
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