Mutiny at the Curragh

At the opening of Parliament on February 10, Sir Edward Carson and Mr. Law and the whole Tory opposition assumed an air of scarcely concealed triumph. In Parliament, the Opposition leaders altered their tone; they knew that their position was immeasurably stronger than it had been, and for a while they became almost friendly. Mr. Lloyd George hit upon an ingenious idea. Let every Ulster county be given the right to contract out of the Act for a space of five years; which would mean that it would still be “out” at the next Elections when, if the Unionists were returned, Parliament would doubtless confirm its exclusion forever. General Gough, who commanded the Third Cavalry Brigade at the Curragh, knew that it was mutiny. As for the Opposition, having encouraged and supported the mutiny, it began to see itself for what it was–a notable traitor to the Constitution and the Crown.

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