| Reference Number | NJB/3/3 |
| Title | Letter from Neil John Blayney to the Daily Mail |
| Date | 7 April [1916] |
| Creator Name | Blayney, Neil John, 1874-1919 |
| Daily Mail |
| Description | Manuscript letter written by Neil John Blayney to the Editor of the Daily Mail, in response to a recently published article by the paper’s Special Correspondent on American opinion regarding ‘The Irish Question”.
Blayney discusses the delayed Home Rule settlement and the related objections of Ulster unionists. He refers to Herbert Asquith’s statement that “It is unthinkable that Ulster should be coerced” as “subversive to all democratic rule which depends on the will of the majority”. In a postscript, Blayney clarifies “I am an Ulsterman reared in Belfast”. |
| Extent | 5 pages |
| Term | Irish question |
| First World War, 1914-1918 |