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Writing Peace: Treaties and Agreements
(1920) Government of Ireland Act 1920: an Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland
Thursday, 23 December 1920
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 The Act repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 and granted Home Rule to Ireland by establishing two devolved parliaments, one seated in Dublin for Southern Ireland, and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 The Act was superseded by the establishment of the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in December that year and which provided for an Irish Free State, today the Republic of Ireland.
Northern Ireland operated under the amended terms of the act between 1921 and 1972. The final provisions of the act were repealed in Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, following the conclusion of the Good Friday Agreement 1998.
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Writing Peace: Treaties and Agreements
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- (1800) Act of Union (Ireland) 1800. Revised Version
- (1800) Union with Ireland Act 1800. Revised Version
- (1870) The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act
- (1886) The Home Rule Bill
- (1914) Government of Ireland Act 1914: An Act to Amend the Provision for the Government of Ireland
- (1920) Government of Ireland Act 1920: an Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland
- (1921) Anglo-Irish Treaty: Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland
- (1973) Sunningdale Agreement
- (1985) Anglo-Irish Agreement
- (1993) Joint Declaration: Downing Street Declaration
- (1995) A New Framework Agreement
- (1998) The Belfast Agreement: an Agreement Reached at the Multi-Party Talks on Northern Ireland [also The Good Friday Agreement]
- (1999) Agreement Establishing Implementation Bodies
- (1999) Agreement Establishing a British-Irish Council
- (1999) Agreement Establishing a North/South Ministerial Council
- (1999) British-Irish Agreement Act
- (1999) Draft Joint Declaration by the British And Irish Governments at Hillsborough Castle
- (2002) Agreement on Police Co-Operation
- (2003) Agreement between the British and Irish Governments: Monitoring and Compliance
- (2003) Independent Monitoring Commission Act
- (2003) Joint Declaration by the British and Irish Governments
- (2004) Agreement Establishing the Independent Monitoring Commission
- (2004) Proposals for a Comprehensive Agreement at Leeds Castle
- (2005) Agreement on Co-Operation on Criminal Justice Matters
- (2006) Agreement at St Andrews
- (2006) Joint Declaration by the British and Irish Governments
- (2007) Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland
- (2010) Agreement at Hillsborough Castle
- (2010) Agreement on Co-Operation on Criminal Justice Matters
- (2014) The Stormont House Agreement
- (2015) A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan
- (2016) Agreement Establishing the Independent Reporting Commission
- (2019) Declaration by HMG Concerning the Operation of the 'Democratic Consent In Northern Ireland' Provision of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
- (2019) Memorandum of Understanding between the Two Governments Concerning the Common Travel Area and Associated Reciprocal Rights and Privileges
- (2019) Revised Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland Included in the Withdrawal Agreement
- (2023) The Windsor Framework: A New Way Forward
- (2023) Windsor Political Declaration
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