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The Irish Home Rule Act of 1914 was initially proposed in 1912 but only passed in 1914 under the Parliament Act of 1911, after two rejections by the House of Lords. It would have established a devolved Parliament in Ireland, but was suspended for the duration of World War One without ever coming into effect. The suspension, together with the postponement of Parliamentary elections for the duration, was a major factor in the death of the Irish Parliamentary Party and growth of Sinn Fein leading to an independent Ireland after the war.

So, what if the Home Rule Act had time to be implemented - either because the war's postponed or (to minimize butterflies) because it's passed earlier? What would that do to Irish national sentiments? Would Ireland stay within the United Kingdom? Or would the Free State and Republic simply be postponed? Would that impede the whole Statute of Westminster and the Dominions' independence?
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