Who separated Ireland from northen Ireland?

Answer 1

The entire island was once "Ireland", under British rule. In 1922, 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland seceded from the Union to form its own country, as a result of the Irish War of Independence.

The remaining 6 counties did not secede (because the majority in these counties were unionist [pro-British]) and became known as Northern Ireland.

Answer 2

800 years of oppression from England in short ...... but after a long fight for Independence , there was an agreement reached to liberate 26 predominately republican and catholic county's , and the remaining 6 loyalist and Protestant remained under British rule.

that said , there is no border anymore , people are free to move from north to south , hover different currency's are used and certain goods are subject to tax eg cigarettes and fuel

Answer 3

A small group of anti-colonialists again took up arms in 1916. And although this Easter Rising was also put down in short order, the execution of its instigators sparked widespread defiance of English rule. Three years later, the IRA began a guerrilla-style war that cul-minated in the birth of a quasi-independent Irish Free State, consisting of 26 of the island's 32 counties. Rebel leaders' acceptance of an arrangement that fell short of full independence and that kept six of Ulster's counties under British dominion led to a civil war in which the more moderate IRA faction prevailed. Northern Ireland, with its less than 60 percent Protestant majority, has thus been a part of the United Kingdom for nearly 100 years. The rest of Ireland, with its 95 percent Catholic majority, went on to achieve political sovereignty. Relations between the partitioned portions of the island have remained tense, as the dominant religious group in each sector adopted measures intended to reinforce its status. It pretty well all dates back to the 1600s when King William of Orange tried to conquer Ireland

Answer 4

Ireland has been separated because in 1801, The United Kingdom took it over. In 1921, Ireland received independence, but only the 21 of the 32. The 6 that did not receive independence were kept by the U.K because of the Protestant majority.

Answer 5

Originally northern ireland was not known as northern ireland it was just colectively ireland, so the whole of Ireland joined the UK. Although the Catholics and Protestants never really got along and just before Titanic set sail Ireland ask for home rule (meaning they wanted their own government) there were many discussions about it and the day after titanic set sail the government in England said they would give the south of ireland their own government and the northern area would get all the shipyards and remain part of the UK.They did this because the Catholics in Ireland wanted home rule but the Protestants didn't and therefore the country was split. Hope that helped :)

Answer 6

Northern Ireland was separated from Ireland (then called the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland) in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act (1920). The act was passed to try and settle a conflict that had developed over several years between the two dominant political forces of the time in Ireland: unionism and nationalism. The, mostly southern, nationalists wanted Ireland to have it's own government in Dublin. And the, mostly northern, unionists wanted to remain united to Great Britain. After years of political conflict, with raising their own private armies ready to go to war with each other to fight for their cause if necessary, to end on-going fighting and prevent a full-scale civil war in Ireland, the British government proposed a compromise: The nationalists would be given 26 counties in the south (forming the Irish Free State), which would be ruled by an Irish government in Dublin, and the unionists would be given 6 counties (forming Northern Ireland) in the north, which would remain united to Britain, being be ruled by it's own government in Belfast and the British government in London. This compromise would then be written into law as the aforementioned Government of Ireland Act (1920).