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Irish history enjoyed a gradual path of greater freedom over the course of the twentieth century: Home Rule; then increasing powers to the Dublin Parliament over the 20s and 30s, then finally the grant of Dominion Status as a recognition of the sacrifices made by Irish soldiers and families on the Home Front during the Second European War. A status that the island has enjoyed since war's end. Not always easily - the North springs to mind - but by and large things have been fairly good for Ireland, especially with the relocation of war industries to the island during EWII.
The question is: what if Home Rule hadn't been granted? Would Ireland have continued as a directly-ruled part of Britain? And could that have led to a resurgence of Fenianism or other such sentiments?