Only one question, and it is kind of pedantic. On footnote 3 it talks about the Statute of Winchester where Parliament declaimed legislative power over its dominions such as Canada and Ireland. But Ireland was independent by then. But then it occurred to me that this might be referring to just Northern Ireland. I looked up this statute -- https://www.britannica.com/event/Statute-of-Westminster -- which also refers to Ireland as a dominion. I assume both of you mean Northern Ireland?
Northern Ireland was (and still is) an integral part of the United Kingdom, not a dominion. (The rest of) Ireland was a British dominion where King George still technically reigned in the same way he reigned over the other dominions. The Irish government wasn't happy with this state of affairs, and they were one of the forces pushing for greater Dominion independence such as the Statute of Westminster.
Well yes, I suppose that Canada was also somewhat independent at that time too, but they were still part of the commonwealth. I thought Ireland dropped out of the commonwealth when they had the revolution? Did Ireland still consider itself a "dominion" in 1931? This isn't Boston Tea Party, but it is still history, so I think still part of this blog.
I know it's been several months, but I forgot to respond when I first saw this...
The Anglo-Irish Treaty at the end of the Irish war of independence established Ireland as a dominion within the British Commonwealth, with King George as its head of state. The Irish leaders were very disappointed about it, but a majority of them accepted this as a compromise to end the war, especially because they knew they were running short on men and supplies. Unfortunately, they then had to fight a civil war against their former comrades in the "Anti-Treaty" faction.
This situation persisted until the new Irish Constitution in 1937.
In fact, this would be a good blog post in itself...
Only one question, and it is kind of pedantic. On footnote 3 it talks about the Statute of Winchester where Parliament declaimed legislative power over its dominions such as Canada and Ireland. But Ireland was independent by then. But then it occurred to me that this might be referring to just Northern Ireland. I looked up this statute -- https://www.britannica.com/event/Statute-of-Westminster -- which also refers to Ireland as a dominion. I assume both of you mean Northern Ireland?
Northern Ireland was (and still is) an integral part of the United Kingdom, not a dominion. (The rest of) Ireland was a British dominion where King George still technically reigned in the same way he reigned over the other dominions. The Irish government wasn't happy with this state of affairs, and they were one of the forces pushing for greater Dominion independence such as the Statute of Westminster.
Well yes, I suppose that Canada was also somewhat independent at that time too, but they were still part of the commonwealth. I thought Ireland dropped out of the commonwealth when they had the revolution? Did Ireland still consider itself a "dominion" in 1931? This isn't Boston Tea Party, but it is still history, so I think still part of this blog.
I know it's been several months, but I forgot to respond when I first saw this...
The Anglo-Irish Treaty at the end of the Irish war of independence established Ireland as a dominion within the British Commonwealth, with King George as its head of state. The Irish leaders were very disappointed about it, but a majority of them accepted this as a compromise to end the war, especially because they knew they were running short on men and supplies. Unfortunately, they then had to fight a civil war against their former comrades in the "Anti-Treaty" faction.
This situation persisted until the new Irish Constitution in 1937.
In fact, this would be a good blog post in itself...