the republic of ireland became independent under the terms of the republic of ireland act 1948 on 18 april 1949.
the republic of ireland became independent under the terms of the republic of ireland act 1948 on 18 april 1949.
when did the republic of ireland became independent under the terms of the republic of ireland act 1948?
18 april 1949
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the republic of ireland act 1948 (no. 22 of 1948) is an act of the oireachtas which declared that ireland may be officially described as the republic of ireland, and vested in the president of ireland the power to exercise the executive authority of the state in its external relations, on the advice of the government of ireland. the act was signed into law on 21 december 1948 and came into force on 18 april 1949, easter monday, the 33rd anniversary of the beginning of the easter rising.
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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.
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