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Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-98, Irish revolutionary. He was called to the bar in 1789 but soon turned his attention to politics. Inspired by the example of the French Revolution, he helped found (1791) the United Irish Society (see United Irishmen ), which worked to unite Roman Catholics and Protesta... Read more
Saint Oliver Plunket
Saint Oliver Plunket 1629-81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr, b. Co. Meath. He was educated at Rome and named Roman Catholic archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland in 1669. He was on good terms with local Protestants and worked with much success. After the Test Act (1673) he kep... Read more
Liam Cosgrave
Liam Cosgrave , 1920-, Irish statesman; son of William Cosgrave . After studying law, he entered the Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael member in 1943 and served as minister of commerce and industry (1948-54), minister for external affairs (1954-57), and chairman of the first Irish delegat... Read more
Standish O'Grady
Standish O'Grady 1846-1928, Irish author and historian. A leader in the Irish literary renaissance , he followed his History of Ireland (1878-80) with English versions of the heroic legends of Ireland. The best are probably his volumes about Cuchulain (1892-1917; repr. 1920). ... Read more
William O'Brien
William O'Brien 1852-1928, Irish journalist and political leader. He became (1881) editor of a newspaper, United Ireland, which championed the Irish agrarian cause (see Irish Land Question ). Imprisoned in the same year, he wrote, at the behest of Charles Parnell , the famous No Rent Manifesto... Read more
Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st earl of
Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st earl of , 1848-1930, British statesman; nephew of the 3d marquess of Salisbury . He entered parliament as a Conservative in 1874 and served as secretary to his uncle at the Congress of Berlin (1878). Although associated with the "Fourth Party" of Lord Randolph ... Read more
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago volcanic island group, 19,200 sq mi (49,730 sq km), SW Pacific, a part of Papua New Guinea. The group includes New Britain (the largest island), New Ireland , the Admiralty Islands , the Mussau Islands, New Hanover , the Vitu Islands , and the Duke of York Islands . The ... Read more
Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Benchley 1889-1945, American humorist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1912. He was drama critic of Life (1920-29) and of The New Yorker (1929-40). Benchley was known for a series of short satirical films that he wrote, directed, and acted in himself. His books, which are ric... Read more
direct action
direct action theory and methods used by certain labor groups to fight employers, capitalist institutions, and the state by direct economic action, without using intermediate organizations. Political measures, such as arbitration, collective bargaining, and trade agreements, are rejected as ineffec... Read more
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Rexford Guy Tugwell 1891-1979, American economist and political scientist, b. Chautauqua co., N.Y., grad. Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1915; Ph.D., 1922). He taught economics at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1915-17), the Univ. of Washington (1917-18), and Columbia (1920-37). Under Fra... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Government of Ireland Act, 1920"

Government of Ireland Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Government of Ireland Act (1920), an attempt by the Lloyd George coalition government to create a new structure for Ireland. Its immediate origins lie in the report of the cabinet...
Constitution of Northern Ireland Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...the closing of Stormont . The act was intended as the basis for a comprehensive settlement in Northern Ireland , replacing most of the extant clauses of the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It created a 78‐...
Ireland, Government of, Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Ireland, Government of, Act, 1920–1. The first...constitutional reform since the Act of Union 1800–...elections, and a Council of Ireland was to be established...to the Irish Republic government's flexibility on its...
Restoration of Order in Ireland Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, in force from 9 August 1920. The act permitted government to continue, under a new label, most...on persons killed by crown forces. The act permitted intensified military action against...
Northern Ireland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Northern Ireland was formed by the Government of Ireland Act 1920–1. It comprises the six counties of the...provide a credible geographical entity. The British government had preferred an all-Ulster option, hoping that partition...
Council of Ireland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Council of Ireland, established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to promote an all‐Ireland parliament. The council was...agreement, the Northern Ireland government assumed responsibility for...
Craig, James
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...first prime minister of Northern Ireland. The son of a millionaire distiller...in the Lloyd George coalition government between 1917 and 1921, and...of the influences behind the Government of Ireland Act (1920), and was partly responsible...
political parties
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...Even after the Act of Union most...support whatever government held office...Politics in Northern Ireland after 1920 continued the...of northern ireland)). Challenges...elected (under the Government of Ireland Act ) in 1921. Following...
Senate
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...1937 Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the Senate of the Southern Ireland parliament...Agreement) Act 1922. The...constitution of Ireland revived the...members of the government can be senators...Seanad Electoral Act, members of...
social welfare
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...minister for local government, a situation which...Fianna Fáil government in 1932 saw the...Welfare Allowance Act, which introduced...revenue. In Northern Ireland ministers were committed...endorsed by the British government. Northern Ireland...Northern Ireland since ...

Dictionary entries related to "Government of Ireland Act, 1920"

Ireland, Government of, Act
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Ireland, Government of, Act, 1920–1. The first major constitutional reform since the Act of Union 1800–1 resulted...used at elections, and a Council of Ireland was to be established for the administration...
Northern Ireland
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...History Northern Ireland was established as...United Kingdom by the Government of Ireland Act (1920) as a result of pressure...x2019; in Northern Ireland. Extremist Unionist...request of the STORMONT government, and have remained...
Stormont
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...A suburb of Belfast, seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and former seat of the parliament of NORTHERN IRELAND . Created by the Government of Ireland Act (1920) as a subordinate body to Westminster, the...
Irish Home Rule
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...growth of cultural nationalism in Ireland challenged the hegemony of the...again in a minority Liberal government, dependent on the Irish Parliamentary...in advance of Home Rule. The Government of Ireland Act 1920–1 attempted a Home...
Belfast
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...is the second largest city in Ireland, and the economic and political capital of Northern Ireland. Although the Normans established...349,000 by 1901. With the Government of *Ireland Act (1920), and the partition of the...
Good Friday Agreement
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...which received internal self-government under a First Minister. The members of the Northern Irish government were to receive the support...United Kingdom repealed the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 which determined the partition...
Ireland, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...relations between Ireland and America. By...laboring class of Ireland had grown into a...the repeal of the Act of Union (1801...ignored by the U.S. government. America's emergence...relations between Ireland and America considerably...on 21 November 1920, ushered in a series...
Craig, James, 1st Viscount Craigavon
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...minister of Northern Ireland. Craig, the son of...secretary at the Admiralty (1920–1): he influenced the Government of Ireland Act , successfully pressing...newly created Northern Ireland in 1921, holding office...

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Walter Long, Ireland, and the Union: 1905-1920.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...exigencies of war gave the British government, now applauded by Long, especially...assumed cabinet responsibility for Ireland, he quickly determined on the...coalition cabinet places. A new Government of Ireland Act, Lloyd George proposed, would...
FOCUS ULSTER AFTER STORMONT: Now the real difficulties begin The choice in Northern Ireland, after the Stormont agreement, is presented as a simple one between peace and violence. In reality it is anything but, and already the cracks are showing, says Jenny McCartney in Belfast
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 4/12/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...months, all the people of Northern Ireland have been saying in opinion polls...Adams a minister in a Northern Ireland Assembly. In one newspaper poll...that is what they have got. The Government of Ireland 1920 Act is to be repealed, in exchange...
-INLAND REVENUE: Finance Bill -- Stamp duty -- Northern Ireland
M2 Presswire; 6/17/1998; 615 words ; ...enact certain stamp duty provisions in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Government have agreed to repeal the 1920 Act in connection...Government to the repeal of the whole of the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Act includes ...
Transformational Conflict Resolution and the Northern Ireland Conflict.
Magazine article from: International Journal on World Peace; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...building process in Northern Ireland. The Context of the Northern Ireland Conflict The Government of Ireland Act partitioned Ireland in 1920. At that time, the British Government removed itself from the politics of Northern Ireland by creating...
Reynolds Offers New Plan for All-Ireland Government: Unionists Would
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 4/26/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Reynolds Offers New Plan for All-Ireland Government: Unionists Would Share Power in New Arrangement...Reynolds has said for the first time the Irish government will put the Government of Ireland Act 1920 which created partition "on the table...
Letter : Why Ireland needs more MEPs
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/3/1995; ; 477 words ; ...Parliament in 1972. If the increase in Northern Ireland MEPs can be obtained only by redistributing...to undiminished authority within Northern Ireland under Section 75 of the Government of Ireland Act 1920, as emended by the Anglo-Irish Treaty...
WALSH ATTENDS POIGNANT GOOD FRIDAY MEETING IN BELFAST; HE SPOKE WITH WIDOW OF DAVID ERVINE, WHO HELPED CHANGE NORTHERN IRELAND.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...that have happened since the partition of Ireland will have been consigned to the dustbin of history." The May 1921 partition of Ireland followed the passage of the Government of Ireland Act 1920, and was ratified in the January 1922 Anglo...
The Northern Ireland Question: Nationalism, Unionism and Partition.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...first minister of the Northern Ireland executive when the book was...background to the passing of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920" and a consideration of the...siege" which the Northern Ireland government experienced, particularly...
Ireland: there is a solution
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/13/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...south links within Ireland as their priority, they...link the two parts of Ireland. It will be a decision...balanced by changes to the Government of Ireland Act which established the state of Northern Ireland in 1920. In one sense, these...
Northern Ireland: the paramilitaries, terrorism, and September 11th.
Magazine article from: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Irish conflict on the island of Ireland and six years after the 1916...representatives of the British government and Irish Nationalist rebels signed the Government of Ireland Act of 1920, which provided for the partition...