Before partition, Ireland was governed through the Dublin Castle administration and the Home Office was also responsible for Irish affairs.
[1] In August 1969, for example, Home Secretary James Callaghan approved the sending of British Army soldiers to Northern Ireland.
On 24 March 1972, it announced that direct rule from Westminster would be introduced.
[3] The last Deputy Secretary in charge of the Northern Ireland Department within the Home Office was Philip John Woodfield who was promoted to this post in 1972 just before it became the Northern Ireland Office.
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