the republic of ireland became independent in 1939.
when did the republic of ireland became independent?
1939
in accordance with the treaty, on 6 december 1922 the entire island of ireland became a self-governing dominion called the irish free state ("saorstát éireann"). under the constitution of the irish free state, the parliament of northern ireland had the option to leave the irish free state one month later and return to the united kingdom. during the intervening period, the powers of the parliament of the irish free state and executive council of the irish free state did not extend to northern ireland. northern ireland exercised its right under the treaty to leave the new dominion and rejoined the united kingdom on 8 december 1922. it did so by making an address to the king requesting, "that the powers of the parliament and government of the irish free state shall no longer extend to northern ireland." the irish free state was a constitutional monarchy sharing a monarch with the united kingdom and other dominions of the british commonwealth. the country had a governor-general (representing the monarch), a bicameral parliament, a cabinet called the "executive council", and a prime minister called the president of the executive council.
republic of ireland
many monarchies were abolished in the middle of the 20th century or later as part of the process of decolonisation. the monarchies of india, ghana, nigeria, kenya, tanganyika, uganda, guyana, and malawi were abolished shortly after they became independent of the united kingdom, while remaining within the commonwealth. that of ireland was not abolished when ireland became independent of the united kingdom in the 1920s, but by the republic of ireland act of 1948, which came into force in 1949. some commonwealth realms waited a little longer before abolishing their monarchies: pakistan became a republic in 1956 and south africa in 1961. gambia abolished its monarchy in 1970, while sierra leone became a republic in 1971, as did sri lanka in 1972, malta in 1974, trinidad and tobago in 1976, and fiji in 1987. the latest country to become a republic within the commonwealth was mauritius in 1992.
abolition of monarchy