A report on Partition of Ireland and Government of Ireland Act 1920
It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
- Partition of IrelandThe Act was intended to partition Ireland into two self-governing polities: the six north-eastern counties were to form "Northern Ireland", while the larger part of the country was to form "Southern Ireland".
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Northern Ireland
13 linksPart of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
Part of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties.
Irish War of Independence
8 linksGuerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
Guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
In May 1921, Ireland was partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act, which created Northern Ireland.
Unionism in Ireland
8 linksPolitical tradition on the island of Ireland that favours political union with Great Britain and professes loyalty to the British Crown and constitution.
Political tradition on the island of Ireland that favours political union with Great Britain and professes loyalty to the British Crown and constitution.
Since Partition (1921), as Ulster Unionism its goal has been to maintain Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom and to resist a transfer of sovereignty to an all-Ireland republic.
In the hope of brokering a compromise that might yet hold Ireland within Westminster's jurisdiction, the Government proceeded with the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Ulster
8 linksOne of the four traditional Irish provinces.
One of the four traditional Irish provinces.
This, and the subsequent Irish War of Independence, led to the partition of Ireland.
Partition of Ireland, first mooted in 1912, was introduced with the enactment of the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which gave a form of "Home rule" self-government to two areas, Southern Ireland, with its capital at Dublin, and "Northern Ireland", consisting of six of Ulster's central and eastern counties, both within a continuing United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Irish Republic
5 linksUnrecognised revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919.
Unrecognised revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919.
The island had been partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, and the six counties of Northern Ireland, which had been partitioned so as to create and ensure a unionist majority, exercised their right under the treaty to opt out of the Free State, and remain in the United Kingdom.
Government of Ireland Act 1914
6 linksThe Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo.
The Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo.
The continuation of the war beyond 1915 and subsequent developments in Ireland resulted in further postponements, meaning that the Act never became effective; it was finally superseded by a fourth home rule bill, enacted as the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which partitioned Ireland, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, both intended to have Home Rule.
Southern Ireland (1921–1922)
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Southern Ireland (Deisceart Éireann) was the larger of the two parts of Ireland that were created when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
The Troubles
5 linksEthno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
Ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
A key issue was the status of Northern Ireland.
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate jurisdictions, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, both devolved regions of the United Kingdom.
Irish republicanism
7 linksPolitical movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic.
Political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic.
This territory of Northern Ireland, as established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, had its own provincial government which was controlled for 50 years until 1972 by the conservative Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
A variant of this is Irish republican legitimism, which also rejects the Republic of Ireland because of its tacit acceptance of partition and continuing British rule in Northern Ireland.
Good Friday Agreement
4 linksChéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance), is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of The Troubles, a political conflict in Northern Ireland that had ensued since the late 1960s.
Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance), is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of The Troubles, a political conflict in Northern Ireland that had ensued since the late 1960s.
As part of the agreement, the British parliament repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (which had established Northern Ireland, partitioned Ireland and asserted a territorial claim over all of Ireland) and the people of the Republic of Ireland amended Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland, which asserted a territorial claim over Northern Ireland.