Government of Ireland Act 1914

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The Government of Ireland Act 1914 was a British law intended to grant limited self-government to Ireland, marking a major milestone in the Irish Home Rule movement even though its implementation was postponed and ultimately superseded by later developments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Home Rule Act ⓘ
aimedToCreate Irish executive ⓘ
Irish legislature ⓘ
associatedWith Curragh incident ⓘ
Home Rule crisis ⓘ
Ulster Crisis ⓘ
cameIntoForce never fully brought into operation ⓘ
citation 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90 ⓘ
compromiseConsidered temporary exclusion of parts of Ulster ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance first successful passage of a Home Rule bill for Ireland ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
geographicalScope Ireland ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to political tensions before the Easter Rising ⓘ
milestone in the Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
implementationPostponedBy Suspensory Act 1914 ⓘ
implementationPostponedUntil end of the First World War ⓘ
introducedBy H. H. Asquith ⓘ
Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalBasisUsed Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
legalSystem United Kingdom law ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative and Unionist Party ⓘ
Ulster Unionists ⓘ
overrodeOppositionFrom House of Lords ⓘ
politicalContext Constitutional crisis over the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
precededBy Government of Ireland Bill 1886 ⓘ
Government of Ireland Bill 1893 ⓘ
providedFor limited self-government for Ireland ⓘ
relatedEvent Easter Rising ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Irish War of Independence ⓘ
retainedControlOver certain financial matters ⓘ
defence ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
retainedPowerFor Westminster Parliament ⓘ
royalAssent 18 September 1914 ⓘ
shortName Third Home Rule Act ⓘ
status Never implemented ⓘ
subjectMatter Irish politics ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
devolution ⓘ
supersededBy Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
supportedBy Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
John Redmond ⓘ
yearEnacted 1914 ⓘ

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Irish Home Rule movement → significantEvent → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
Third Home Rule Bill → alsoKnownAs → Government of Ireland Bill 1912 ⓘ
linked to: Government of Ireland Act 1914
Third Home Rule Bill → resultedIn → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
Second Home Rule Bill → successor → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
Suspensory Act 1914 → follows → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
Suspensory Act 1914 → appliesTo → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ
31st Parliament of the United Kingdom → legislated → Government of Ireland Act 1914 ⓘ