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The Partition of Ireland (Irish: críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland (today known as the Republic of Ireland, or simply Ireland).
The Government of Ireland Act of 1920 and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State, while Northern Ireland's MPs opted out to form Northern Ireland. [4] Many foreign powers, including the United States in 1924, recognized the Irish Free State's independence, and Ireland was globally recognized as ...
After World War I, violent and constitutional campaigns for autonomy or independence culminated in an election in 1918 returning almost 70% of seats to Sinn Féin, who declared Irish independence from Britain and set up a parliament in Dublin, and declared the independence of Ireland from the United Kingdom.
Britain and Ireland: from home rule to independence (Routledge, 2014). Smith, Jeremy. The Tories and Ireland 1910–1914: Conservative Party Politics and the Home Rule Crisis (2001) Townshend, Charles. The British campaign in Ireland, 1919–1921: the development of political and military policies (Oxford UP, 1975). Vincent, J. Gladstone and ...
Partition of Ireland in 1920 into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. This partition was only partially implemented as, following the Irish War of Independence, Southern Ireland became the Irish Free State; Treaty of Kars of 1921, which partitioned Ottoman Armenia between Turkey and the Soviet Union (Western and Eastern Armenia).
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (Irish: An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the government of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. [2]
The concept of the separation of powers has been applied to the United Kingdom and the nature of its executive (UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive), judicial (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and legislative (UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru and Northern Ireland Assembly) functions.
The Union with Ireland Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67), [7] an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and; The Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3 c. 38), [8] an Act of the Parliament of Ireland. They were passed on 2 July 1800 and 1 August 1800 respectively, and came into force on 1 January 1801.