Southern Ireland

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Southern Ireland was a short-lived autonomous region of the United Kingdom established in 1921 that was intended to govern the southern counties of Ireland before being superseded by the Irish Free State.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southern Ireland canonical 8
Ireland 4
southern Ireland 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region
constituent country
former political entity
capital Dublin
constitutionalBasis Government of Ireland Act 1920
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Southern Ireland
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdAlongside Northern Ireland
currency Pound sterling
deFactoSuccessorGovernment Provisional Government of Ireland
deJureExistence 1921-1922
endDate 1922-12-06
establishedBy Government of Ireland Act 1920
geographicalNote comprised 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland
governmentType constitutional monarchy
headOfState George V
historicalEra Interwar period
Irish revolutionary period
intendedToGovern southern counties of Ireland
legalSystem common law
legislature Parliament of Southern Ireland
lowerHouse House of Commons of Southern Ireland
monarch George V
note its parliament largely failed to function as intended
superseded by the Irish Free State under the Anglo-Irish Treaty
officialLanguage English
partOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
precededBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
reasonForDissolution establishment of the Irish Free State
region Ireland
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
shortName Southern Ireland
startDate 1921-05-03
status autonomous region within the United Kingdom
succeededBy Ireland
Irish Free State
treatyRelatedToDissolution Anglo-Irish Treaty
upperHouse Senate of Southern Ireland

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Representation of the People Act 1884 appliesToJurisdiction Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
1902 Education Act didNotApplyTo Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
Truce of 11 July 1921 country Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
Truce of 11 July 1921 location Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 regionConcerned Southern Ireland (26 counties)
linked to: Southern Ireland
Council of Ireland appliesToJurisdiction Southern Ireland
Southern Ireland conventionalLongName Southern Ireland
Southern Ireland shortName Southern Ireland
Gaeltacht of Cork locatedIn southern Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
Loch Machain locatedInRegion southern Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland
Kinsale locatedIn southern Ireland
linked to: Southern Ireland