The question of Home Rule was put on hold due to the outbreak of the First World War but was never to be revisited as a series of missteps by the British government, such as executing the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising and the Conscription Crisis of 1918, fuelled the Irish revolutionary period. The IPP were nearly wiped out by Sinn Féin in the 1918 general election and, following a brief war of independence, 26 of Ireland's 32 counties seceded from the United Kingdom in December 1922, with Dublin becoming the capital of the Irish Free State, and later the Republic of Ireland.
the question of home rule was put on hold due to the outbreak of the first world war but was never to be revisited as a series of missteps by the british government such as executing the leaders of the 1916 easter rising and the conscription crisis of 1918 fuelled the irish revolutionary period the ipp were nearly wiped out by sinn féin in the 1918 general election and following a brief war of independence 26 of ireland's 32 counties seceded from the united kingdom in december 1922 with dublin becoming the capital of the irish free state and later the republic of ireland