There are two ways of looking at what has happened in Ireland over the last 100 years since Partition. There is “the official” way - that those who supported the Treaty and Partition were doing what they believed was best for the country, that they believed they had a mandate and they believed that they were acting within their rights to exclude and suppress all those who were opposed to the settlement on moral as well as political grounds. In pursuing this line they had the support of the Catholic hierarchy and the pro-establishment media.