Ireland · Government / Government of Ireland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Griffith declares that the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 is illegal and that, consequently, the Anglo-Irish dual monarchy which existed under Grattans Parliament and the so-called Constitution of 1782 is still in effect
De Valera rejects Dominion status for Ireland
The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral Parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish Government elected by a lower house called Dail Eireann. Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State"
Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dail Eireann" rather than de Valeras more exalted "President of the Republic"
The Dail abolishes loyalty to the British crown
Wins the election for President under the 1927 constitution
Catholics are to suspend the goal of a united Ireland-a territorial claim that was the raison detre of the IRA and was written into the Irish Republics constitution, unless the largely Protestant North voted in favor
Catholics are to suspend the goal of a united Ireland-a territorial claim that was the raison detre of the IRA and was written into the Irish Republics constitution, unless the largely Protestant North voted in favor o.
Catholics are to suspend the goal of a united Ireland-a territorial claim that was the raison detre of the IRA and was written into the Irish Republics constitution, unless the largely Protestant North voted in favor.
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