Talk:Government of Ireland Act 1920

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I propose making certain wording changes in respect of the word "state" as currently used in the article. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 provided for the establishment of, and the devolution of certain powers to, two Parliaments in Ireland. It did not, however, establish two new "states" as far as that term is understood in international law. "Northern Ireland" and "Southern Ireland" were, in the terms of the 1920 Act, to remain parts of the state known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Even though "Northern Ireland" did come into being, it was not and never has been a state. -- Picapica 20:53, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Agreed, this is a fair deduction. Djegan 21:13, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Article now revised in accordance with the above proposal. -- Picapica 08:06, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

"An Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland"

I would prefer the word "worse" :) (mango2002)

"The Act came to be revered by Unionists"
I removed the last nine words of this (unsourced) sentence: Though it was not originally desired by Unionists, the Act came to be revered by the Unionist community as the foundation of the union with Great Britain. I removed it because the union with Great Britain was "founded" by the Act of Union of 1800, and not by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. There is no evidence of Unionists revering the 1920 Act as the foundation of the Union, and not likely to be any, given that it wasn't the foundation of the Union, and given that Unionists at the time were campaigning to maintain the Union, not to found it.

Unfortunately, an editor reverted this edit to restore the unsourced and untrue statement. Mooretwin (talk) 13:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Mooretwin's analyisis. However, to comply with process I've tagged it as Dubious.  If it is not cited within, say, 10 days then it can and should be deleted.

Irish Convention 1917-18
I've added Irish Convention to the "see also"s as it was a part of the process leading to the Long Committee's plans. It and the 1920 Act were of course ignored by Sinn Féin, at the time, but it takes two to tango.78.18.231.6 (talk) 11:08, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

The UK entered World War I
It's important that the article should mention the UK entered World War I in 1914, not just Britain. As all of Ireland was part of the UK at the time both Great Britain and Ireland were at war with Germany. This was the only thing that made the Easter Rising and Anglo-Irish War possible. Had the UK not been at war in Europe any uprising would have been crushed instantly. (92.11.201.168 (talk) 22:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC))