Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet Cork, martial law was declared (10 December 1920 – Wilson called Churchill and Hamar Greenwood "amazing liars" in his diary for saying they had always been in favour of it) in the four Munster Counties of Cork, Tipperary, Kerry and Limerick – Wilson would have preferred all of Ireland apart from Ulster. On 23 December Irish Home Rule became law. Wilson attended a special conference (29 December) along with Macready, Tudor and John Anderson (Head of the Civil Service in Dublin) at which they all advised that no truce should be allowed for elections to the planned Dublin Parliament, and
Geography of the Gaelic Games hurling territory in the lush lowlands of east and central Limerick. In County Cork the line also divides east to west starting at Mallow extending downwards towards Cork city and onto the coast, further west beyond the footballing west Cork is the almost entirely footballing territory in County Kerry with only a very small hurling region north of Tralee in Ardfert, Ballyheigue and Causeway. The entire Counties of Tipperary and Waterford are considered to be traditionally hurling regions. In Leinster the traditionally hurling region is located to the south west of the province. The entire of County Kilkenny is considered