Home Rule Act 1914

The Government of Ireland Act 1914, more generally known as the Third Home Rule Act (or Bill) or the (Irish) Home Rule Act 1914, was an Act of Parliament passed by the British House of Commons in May 1914 which granted Ireland national self-government within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Though it received the Royal Assent in September 1914 its implementation was postponed until after the First World War (at that stage expected to last only a matter of months). After the Easter Rising in 1916 Britain made two serious, but failed attempts to put the Act into operation. The subsequent unexpected electoral success of Sinn Féin in the 1918 general election then made any enactment of the Act redundant. It was was eventually replaced by a Fourth Home Rule Act, the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which gave Home Rule to six counties in the northeast (Northern Ireland) and (nominally) to twenty-six counties in the west and south (so-called "Southern Ireland").

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Act of Parliament - British House of Commons - 1914 - Ireland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Royal Assent - First World War - Easter Rising - 1916 - Sinn Féin - 1918 general election - Government of Ireland Act 1920 - Northern Ireland - Southern Ireland

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