Anglo–Irish relations

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War, diplomacy, and accord have marked relations between the UK and Ireland in the 20th century. In 1900 the island of Ireland was governed by the British government at Westminster as an integral part of the UK. By the end of the century only Northern Ireland (6 of Ireland's traditional 32 counties) remained in the UK, the majority of Ireland having been granted independence as the Irish Free State under the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (Treaty of London). The UK government's Ireland Act of 1949 formally recognized the secession of the Republic of Ireland from dominion status, and confirmed citizens of the Republic in the rights that they had hitherto enjoyed in the UK.

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