Barbados moves towards becoming a republic

[Calthrina950]

Ironically enough, Prince Charles-who was in attendance at the 1997 handover ceremony for Hong Kong-was in attendance for this ceremony as well. Moreover, I've heard that Jamaica is strongly considering becoming a republic as well. Obviously, some of the Commonwealth Realms are not waiting for the Queen to die to make the change. And Barbados isn't the first to do so. Several other former British colonies transitioned from being monarchies to republics after obtaining independence.

[Calthrina950]

Ironically enough, Prince Charles-who was in attendance at the 1997 handover ceremony for Hong Kong-was in attendance for this ceremony as well. Moreover, I've heard that Jamaica is strongly considering becoming a republic as well. Obviously, some of the Commonwealth Realms are not waiting for the Queen to die to make the change. And Barbados isn't the first to do so. Several other former British colonies transitioned from being monarchies to republics after obtaining independence.

Was Ireland a British Colony one time?

As noted above, no. Ireland became a Dominion (known as the Irish Free State) in 1922, while Northern Ireland elected to remain in the United Kingdom. It adopted a new constitution in 1937 and declared itself a Republic in 1949.  

[Calthrina950]

Ironically enough, Prince Charles-who was in attendance at the 1997 handover ceremony for Hong Kong-was in attendance for this ceremony as well. Moreover, I've heard that Jamaica is strongly considering becoming a republic as well. Obviously, some of the Commonwealth Realms are not waiting for the Queen to die to make the change. And Barbados isn't the first to do so. Several other former British colonies transitioned from being monarchies to republics after obtaining independence.

Was Ireland a British Colony one time?

As noted above, no. Ireland became a Dominion (known as the Irish Free State) in 1922, while Northern Ireland elected to remain in the United Kingdom. It adopted a new constitution in 1937 and declared itself a Republic in 1949. 

Technically accurate, and yet irrelevant.  He asked if Ireland was a British colony at one time, not how eventually it came to be independent.

Beginning when Ireland was first conquered by England in the 12th century, and peaking in the late 16th and early 17th centuries with the establishment of vast plantations, Ireland was very much a colony.  Native Gaelic Irish were displaced from their land and required to adopt English culture, language and religion.  The new plantations were settled by English and southern Scottish farmers.

At no point during its status as a lordship, kingdom, dominion, etc, was Ireland ever considered to have had equal standing to England.

That is what I said in my post. The first sentence of my post answers in the negative to his question. I felt it necessary to provide additional background information to what Silent Hunter said above. I'm aware that Ireland was never equal in status to England or to Great Britain, and I'm aware of the history of colonization.

Ironically enough, Prince Charles-who was in attendance at the 1997 handover ceremony for Hong Kong-was in attendance for this ceremony as well. Moreover, I've heard that Jamaica is strongly considering becoming a republic as well. Obviously, some of the Commonwealth Realms are not waiting for the Queen to die to make the change. And Barbados isn't the first to do so. Several other former British colonies transitioned from being monarchies to republics after obtaining independence.

Was Ireland a British Colony one time?

As noted above, no. Ireland became a Dominion (known as the Irish Free State) in 1922, while Northern Ireland elected to remain in the United Kingdom. It adopted a new constitution in 1937 and declared itself a Republic in 1949. 

It's sort of confusing as to whether Ireland was a republic or a monarchy from 1937 to 1949.

That's true. Ireland's status during those twelve years was ambiguous, although the British Government still considered Ireland to be a Dominion. The country, however, did not acknowledge George VI as King during that time and remained neutral in World War II.