Keith A, a small correction, if you wouldn't mind. The British Parliament did indeed pass the Home Rule Bill in 1914 - but it was then shelved until the end of the war; it was never enacted fully.
However, if you read it, it's not the kind of devolution that people imagine - it was a very limited thing, basically allowing Ireland to have a kind of county council level representation. All real power remained with London.
And in Northern Ireland to this day, there is a hate-filled tiny minority who burn effigies of people like Martin McGuinness and burn Ireland's national flag on the night of 11/12 July every year, to celebrate a battle that took place in 1690?

Might I mention that this discussion should really be separated out from a thread about the recent death of someone, which should be limited to RIPs?