Description
Also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill, this Act was passed amidst the Irish War of Independence. The Act repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 and granted Home Rule to Ireland by establishing two devolved parliaments, one seated in Dublin for Southern Ireland, and one seated in Belfast for Northern Ireland. It also provided for a Council of Ireland.
The Government of Ireland Act, 1920 commenced on 3 May 1921. The first Parliament of Northern Ireland formed in June 1921, but in Southern Ireland, where Dáil Members supported independence, only 4 of the 128 parliamentary members showed up to the opening session; the new legislature was suspended. The Act was superseded by the establishment of the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in December that year and which provided for an Irish Free State, today the Republic of Ireland.
Timeline Event Associations
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)