Irish Home Rule Bill
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Nationalism
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: Ireland, London
- Date: April 11, 1912-September 15, 1914
Article abstract: The Irish Home Rule Bill marks the collision of Irish nationalism and British party politics, bringing about a constitutional crisis that nearly results in the enactment of a law that cannot be enforced.
Summary of Event
The Act of Union of 1800 establishing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had never been popular either in Catholic Ireland or in Protestant Ulster. When Catholic Irish Nationalists sought the restoration of the Irish Parliament, or home rule, during the nineteenth century, Ulster Protestants, fearing for...
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