# Government of Ireland Act (1920)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1920-government-of-ireland-act
Categories: main-event

The Act created separate parliaments for Northern and Southern Ireland. Within the broader Early 20th Century & World Wars period, mass democracy, the two world wars, Irish partition, economic crisis and the rise of Labour remade the political and social order. This event is placed at 1920 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. It established the constitutional basis for partition.

## Why it matters
It established the constitutional basis for partition.

Ruler at the time: [George V](https://english-history.com/rulers/george-v)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Government of Ireland Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Government+of+Ireland+Act&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Government of Ireland Act](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Government+of+Ireland+Act)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — twentieth-century resources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/)