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An Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland, more usually the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (this is its official short title; the formal citation is 10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 67.) was the second act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to provide for Home Rule in Ireland. It is the act that partitioned Ireland and created Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, and which led to the creation, eventually, of the Republic of Ireland.