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The slogan of the Irish nationalist movement
1870-1914; it stood for the repeal of the Act
of Union 1801 that joined Ireland to Britain
and the establishment of an Irish parliament
for domestic affairs. The movement was led in
Parliament from 1880 by Charles Parnell.
After 1918 the demand for an independent
Irish republic replaced that for home rule.
Although Gladstone's Home Rule bills 1886 and
1893 were both defeated, Asquith's Home Rule
bill became law 1914 but was suspended during
World War I. A modified act passed 1920 was
accepted by the North but rejected by the
South, which in 1922 gained dominion status
as the Irish Free State.