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The Great Seal of the Irish Free State (Irish: Séala Mor do Shaorstát Éireann) was the official seal which replaced the Great Seal of the Realm used to seal official documents of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) by the Governor-General. The Great Seal is currently kept at National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin. Image File history File links Great Seal of the Irish Free State - fair use This work is copyrighted. ... The Great Seal might mean: Great Seal of Canada Great Seal of the Irish Free State Great Seal of the Realm (UK) Great Seal of the United States See also: Seal This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Great Seal of the Realm is a British institution by which the monarch can authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the representative of the King in the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. ... The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is the main museum in Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ...


The reverse of the Great Seal contains an image of the harp surrounded by the words "SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN" in Gaelic script, the obverse contained an image of George V, King of Ireland enthroned. After Constitution of Ireland was enacted the Presidential Seal was struck as a replacement to the Great Seal. The harp is a chordophone whose strings are positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... Irish (Gaeilge in Irish), a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, UK, and USA is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland. ... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, formerly Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... King George V, the first monarch to reign in the Irish Free State. ... The Constitution of Ireland is the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland. ... The Official Seal of the President of Ireland (Irish: Séala Oifigeamhail Uachtarán na hÉireann) was presented to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde and every subsiquent president to be affixed to every ...order, commission, warrant, or other instrument. ...


See also

Amhrán na bhFiann 1 is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish tricolour (flag ratio: 1:2). ... The harp is a chordophone whose strings are positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... The shamrock, an unofficial symbol of Ireland, is a three-leaved young white clover, sometimes (rarely nowadays) Trifolium repens (white clover, known in Irish as seamair bhán) but more usually today Trifolium dubium (lesser clover, Irish: seamair bhuí). The shamrock was traditionally used for its medical properties and was...

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  • National Archives of Ireland - Official Seal of the President of Ireland
The Irish Free State
(1922-1937)

Anglo-Irish Treaty | Provisional Government | Constitution of the Irish Free State | Statute of Westminster | Great Seal of the Irish Free State | Monarchy in the Irish Free State The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... Image File history File links Great Seal of the Irish Free State - fair use This work is copyrighted. ... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Anglo-Irish Treaty refers to a agreement between the British government and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ... The Provisional Government was, in British law, the transitional government of Southern Ireland in 1922 from the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty to the creation of the Irish Free State. ... The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the constitution of the southern Irish state established in December 1922. ... ... King George V, the first monarch to reign in the Irish Free State. ...


Executive
King of Ireland | Governor-General | President of the Executive Council | Vice-President of the Executive Council | Executive Council | Extern Minister | Ministers and Secretaries Act
Henry VIII, became King of Ireland in 1542. ... The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the representative of the King in the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. ... The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ... The Vice-President of the Executive Council (Irish: Leas-Uachtarán na hArd-Chomhairle) was in effect the deputy prime minister of the Irish Free State, the Executive Council. ... The Executive Council (Irish: Ard-Chomhairle) was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. ... An Extern Minister was a Irish minister appointed by the Governor-General of the Irish Free State on the nomination of a committee of Dáil Éireann. ... The Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 was one of the key statute laws enacted by the Irish Free State. ...


Legislative:
Oireachtas Éireann (made up of the King, Dáil Éireann & Seanad Éireann) |
Royal Assent | Ceann Comhairle | Cathaoirleach | Oath of Allegiance
From 1922-1937 the Oireachtas was the legislature, or parliament, of the Irish Free State. ... The Dáil Chamber The chamber was remodelled in the early 1920s. ... The Seanad Chamber The Seanad meets in the former picture gallery in Leinster House. ... The Ceann Comhairle1 is the chairman or speaker of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Cathaoirleach (pronounced, ka-here-loch) is the title of the speaker of the sixty-member Irish upper house, Seanad Éireann (pronounced External link Official website Categories: Government stubs ... The Irish Oath of Allegiance was a controversial provision in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which Irish TDs (members of the Irish parliament) and Senators were required to take, in order to take their seats in Dáil Éireann (The Chamber of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (the Irish Senate). ...


Judiciary
Supreme Court | High Court | Chief Justice | Courts of Justice Act, 1924
Dublin Castle Seat of the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State until 1931. ...


Other topics: General elections: 1922 | 1923 | 1927 (June) | 1927 (Sept) 1932 | 1933 | 1937
See also: External Relations Act | Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act | Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act
A general election took place in southern Ireland in 16 June 1922 under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the establishment of the Irish Free State. ... See also: Government of the 4th Dáil Irish Treaty Election, 1922 Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1923 ... See also: Government of the 5th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1927 ... The Irish general election of September 1927 was held on September 15, 1927. ... The Irish general election of 1932 was held on February 16, 1932, just over two weeks after the dissolution of the 6th Dáil on January 29. ... The Irish general election of 1933 was held on January 24, 1933. ... See also: Government of the 9th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1937 ... The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act, 1936 was an enactment of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) in 1936. ... The Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 was an Act of the Oireachtas which retrospectively completed the abolition of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State. ... The Constitution (Amendment No. ...



 

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