Government of Ireland Act

Government of Ireland Act may refer to:

  • Government of Ireland Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90), an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to provide home rule (self-government within the United Kingdom) for Ireland
  • Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67), an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 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"
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.