An Act to recognise and declare the constitutional position as to the part of Ireland heretofore known as Eire, and to make provision as to the name by which it may be known and the manner in which the law is to apply in relation to it; to declare and affirm the constitutional position and the territorial integrity of Northern Ireland and to amend, as respects the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the law relating to the qualifications of electors in constituencies in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 41
Introduced by
Clement Attlee
Dates
Royal assent
2 June 1949
Commencement
18 April 1949
Other legislation
Amended by
Representation of the People Act 1949
Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
British Nationality Act 1981
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Ireland Act 1949 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to deal with the consequences of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 as passed by the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas.
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of IrelandAct 1948 (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declared that the description of Ireland was to be the Republic of Ireland, and...
Republic of IrelandAct by enacting the IrelandAct1949. This Act formally asserted that the Irish state had, when the Republic of IrelandAct came into...
Northern IrelandAct 1998 (c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which allowed Westminster to devolve power to Northern Ireland, after...
1983. The IrelandAct1949 clarified the citizenship status of the British subjects and citizens and former subjects on the Republic of Ireland, and the...
renamed the 26 states 'Ireland'. In 1949, only 26 counties explicitly became a republic under the terms of the Republic of IrelandAct 1948, definitively...
with IrelandAct 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67), assigned by the Short Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union...
in Ireland from ancient times. In most of Ireland, this continued until 1949, when it transitioned to being the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland, as...
correct Irish orthography despite being preferred for many years by British government and media and others. Since 1949, the Republic of IrelandAct 1948...
Westminster had responded with the IrelandAct1949. Amongst its other provisions, the act had guaranteed that Northern Ireland would not cease to remain a part...
IrelandAct 1920 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland";...
Kingdom. Section 2(2) of the Parliament Act1949 provides that the two Acts are to be construed as one. The Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 13) asserted...
neighbouring state, Ireland, to also endorse unity. Morgan also pointed out that, unlike the IrelandAct1949 and the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, devised...
Government of IrelandAct 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 90), also known as the Home Rule Act, and before enactment as the Third Home Rule Bill, was an Act passed by...
of state of Ireland. The title "King of Ireland" was created by an act of the Irish Parliament in 1541, replacing the Lordship of Ireland, which had existed...
the Republic of Ireland's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations and the end of its Dominion status with the IrelandAct1949. Irish citizens born and...
of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (effective from 1939) Constitution of the Irish Free State Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 Malaya renamed itself...
British–Irish Governmental Conference (BIIG). Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of IrelandAct 1920,...
The Irish Free State (Ireland from 1937) was a British Dominion between 1922 and 1949. As established by the Irish Free State Constitution Act of the...
2022. The Act makes photo identification compulsory for in-person voting in Great Britain for the first time. Until then, Northern Ireland had been the...
domiciled in Northern Ireland on Irish independence had nevertheless automatically acquired Irish citizenship. The IrelandAct1949 specifically addresses...
diplomatic functions – by which it would be known as simply Ireland. In 1949, by the Republic of IrelandAct, it transferred these diplomatic functions to its own...
divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of IrelandAct 1920...
The Crown of IrelandAct 1542 is an Act that was passed by the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)) on 18 June 1542, which created the title of...
of the United Kingdom and all of its colonies. The Act, which came into effect on 1 January 1949, was passed in consequence of the 1947 Commonwealth...
Ireland Governments in 1949 but in the end, the name "Northern Ireland" was retained. The official and legal name of the region is Northern Ireland....
while under the IrelandAct1949 the consent of the Parliament of Northern Ireland was needed for a united Ireland. In 1985, the Anglo-Irish Agreement affirmed...
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