Ivan Gibbons is an independent researcher based in the UK. He lectures and writes widely on modern Irish and British history, specialising in the relationship  between 1918 and 1924 and, in particular, between the British Labour Party and Ireland. Previously, he was Lecturer and Programme Director on the M.A. and B.A. Irish Studies programme at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. Among his publications are The British Labour Party and the  Establishment  of the Irish Free State (Palgrave, 2015), Drawing the Line: The Irish Border in British Politics (2018), and Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided (2020) . Ivan received the Irish Post award for services to the Irish community in Britain and has been Director of the Irish Cultural Community Centre in Hammersmith, West London.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Irish Partition.- 3. The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921.- 4. The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission.- 5. The Work of the Irish Boundary Commission, 1924-25.- 6. Recommendations and Rejection of the Boundary Commission Report.- 7. Constitutional Consequences, 1926-27.- 8. Conclusion.

Ivan Gibbons is an independent researcher based in the UK. He lectures and writes widely on modern Irish and British history, specialising in the relationship  between 1918 and 1924 and, in particular, between the British Labour Party and Ireland. Previously, he was Lecturer and Programme Director on the M.A. and B.A. Irish Studies programme at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. Among his publications are The British Labour Party and the  Establishment  of the Irish Free State (Palgrave, 2015), Drawing the Line: The Irish Border in British Politics (2018), and Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided (2020) . Ivan received the Irish Post award for services to the Irish community in Britain and has been Director of the Irish Cultural Community Centre in Hammersmith, West London.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Irish Partition.- 3. The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921.- 4. The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission.- 5. The Work of the Irish Boundary Commission, 1924-25.- 6. Recommendations and Rejection of the Boundary Commission Report.- 7. Constitutional Consequences, 1926-27.- 8. Conclusion.

Ivan Gibbons is an independent researcher based in the UK. He lectures and writes widely on modern Irish and British history, specialising in the relationship  between 1918 and 1924 and, in particular, between the British Labour Party and Ireland. Previously, he was Lecturer and Programme Director on the M.A. and B.A. Irish Studies programme at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. Among his publications are The British Labour Party and the  Establishment  of the Irish Free State (Palgrave, 2015), Drawing the Line: The Irish Border in British Politics (2018), and Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided (2020) . Ivan received the Irish Post award for services to the Irish community in Britain and has been Director of the Irish Cultural Community Centre in Hammersmith, West London.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Irish Partition.- 3. The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921.- 4. The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission.- 5. The Work of the Irish Boundary Commission, 1924-25.- 6. Recommendations and Rejection of the Boundary Commission Report.- 7. Constitutional Consequences, 1926-27.- 8. Conclusion.