On this day in 1921 – under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.
On this day in 1921 – under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.
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The partition of Ireland (Irish: *críochdheighilt na hÉireann*) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Act intended both territories to remain within the United Kingdom and contained provisions for their eventual reunification.
The smaller Northern Ireland was duly created with a devolved government (Home Rule) and remained part of the UK.
The larger Southern Ireland was not recognised by most of its citizens, who instead recognised the self-declared 32-county Irish Republic. On 6 December 1922, a year after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the territory of Southern Ireland left the UK and became the Irish Free State, now the Republic of Ireland.
You’re looking for a fight! There is no Southern Ireland, just the Republic of Ireland! Even your map says so