Government of Ireland Act 1920

E20917
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional law

The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was a British law that partitioned Ireland and established separate home rule parliaments for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
affectedCounty County Antrim ⓘ
surface form: Antrim

Armagh ⓘ
Down ⓘ
County Fermanagh ⓘ
surface form: Fermanagh

County Londonderry ⓘ
surface form: Londonderry

Tyrone ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEntity Northern Ireland ⓘ
Southern Ireland ⓘ
createdInstitution Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Southern Ireland ⓘ
definedBoundary border between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland ⓘ
effect attempted creation of devolved government in Southern Ireland ⓘ
creation of devolved government in Northern Ireland ⓘ
formal partition of Ireland ⓘ
implementedOn 3 May 1921 ⓘ
introducedBy David Lloyd George ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland ⓘ
monarchAtRoyalAssent George V ⓘ
numberOfCountiesInNorthernIreland 6 ⓘ
numberOfCountiesInSouthernIreland 26 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partiallySupersededBy Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
surface form: Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922

Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 ⓘ
politicalContext Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
surface form: Irish Home Rule crisis

Irish War of Independence ⓘ
primeMinisterAtPassage David Lloyd George ⓘ
providedFor Council of Ireland ⓘ
Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Southern Ireland ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons of Southern Ireland

Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Southern Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Southern Ireland

bicameral parliaments in Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland ⓘ
separate devolved legislatures for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland ⓘ
purpose to establish separate Home Rule institutions in Ireland ⓘ
to partition Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
surface form: Home Rule movement

Third Home Rule Bill ⓘ
partition of Ireland ⓘ
replacedBy Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ⓘ
resultedIn Southern Ireland parliament that never fully functioned ⓘ
establishment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast ⓘ
royalAssent 23 December 1920 ⓘ
shortTitle Government of Ireland Act 1920 self-link ⓘ
statusInNorthernIreland partly in force ⓘ
statusInRepublicOfIreland repealed ⓘ
territorialExtent Ireland ⓘ
yearOfAct 1920 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Ireland Act 1998 → amends → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Northern Ireland → createdBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Parliament → createdBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Parliament → establishedBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Acts of Union 1800 → followedBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Northern Ireland Civil Service → foundedBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Irish War of Independence → legalOutcome → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Truce of 11 July 1921 → precededBy → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (1920) → relatedTo → Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1920 → shortTitle → Government of Ireland Act 1920 self-link ⓘ