Irish independence may refer to: Irish Home Rule movement, from 1870 to 1921 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic Irish War of Independence, 1919–1921, a guerrilla war fought between the Irish Republican Army, under the Irish Republic, and the United Kingdom 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, the treaty that brought the Irish War of Independence to a close Irish Free State, the state that seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922 following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 Republic of Ireland Act 1948 See also Irish Independent, a newspaper Irish nationalism Irish republicanism United Ireland