The Second Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from (Redirected from 16th August) August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...16th August, 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...1921 until June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ...8th June, 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1922. From 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1919_1922 Dáil Éireann was the revolutionary parliament of the self_proclaimed This article is about the historical Irish Republic. ...Irish Republic. The Second Dáil consisted of members elected in 1921. One of its most important acts was to bring an end to the An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo_Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army. ...War of Independence by ratifying the controversial Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty was a treaty between the British government and the Irish Republic which brought the Anglo_Irish War to an end and established the Irish Free State. ...Anglo_Irish Treaty.

Elections of 1921

In 1920, in the middle of the Anglo_Irish War, the British Government passed the 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. ...Government of Ireland Act. This was intended to find a solution to the 'Irish problem' by partitioning A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ...Ireland into two parts, each of which would have a separate Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ...home rule parliament. In 1921 the first elections were held to these new bodies. One general election occurred to the The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...House of Commons of Northern Ireland, and another to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland was the lower house of the Irish parliament created by the Government of Ireland Act, passed in 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. ...House of Commons of Southern Ireland. In both jurisdictions the electoral system used was the The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi_candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...single transferable vote.

_1...Sinn Féin nationalists participated in these elections but refused to recognise the new home rule parliaments. Instead the party treated the elections in both parts of Ireland as elections to the Second Dáil. Thus the Second Dáil theoretically consisted of members elected in both parts of Ireland.

The general election to the Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...Northern Ireland House of Commons occurred on (Redirected from 24th May) May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...24th May. Of 52 seats, forty were won by In the Irish context, Unionists form a group of largely (though not exclusively) Protestant people in Ireland, of all social classes, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which the Northern Ireland provincial state created in...Unionists, six by moderate nationalists and six by Sinn Fein. No actual polling took place in Southern Ireland was the twenty_six county Irish state created in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. ...Southern Ireland as all 128 candidates were returned unopposed. Of these, 124 were won by Sinn Féin and four by independent Unionists representing the The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...University of Dublin (Trinity College). Only Sinn Féin candidates recognised the Dáil and five of these had been elected in two constituencies, one in each part of Ireland, so the total number of members who assembled in the Second Dáil was 125 ¹.

The Treaty

During the Second Dáil the Irish Republic and the British Government of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM (January 17, 1863–March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...Lloyd George agreed to hold peace negotiations. As President of Dáil Éireann Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently...Eamon de Valera was the highest official in the Republic at this time but was notionally only the The head of government is the leader of the government or cabinet. ...head of government. In August 1921, in order to strengthen his side's hand the in negotiations, he had the Second Dáil amend the Republic's brief The Constitution of Dáil Éireann ( Irish: Bunreacht Dála Éireann), more commonly known as the Dáil Constitution, was a short, provisional constitution adopted by the First Dáil in January 1919. ...Dáil Constitution to grant him the title This article is about the president of the 1919_1922 Irish Republic Republic of Ireland see: President of Ireland. ...President of the Republic. The purpose of this change was to create the impression that the negotiation was between two sovereign states with delegates accredited by their respective heads of state: the British king and the Irish president.

On (Redirected from 14th September) September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ...14th September, 1921 the Dáil ratified the appointment of Arthur Griffith (Árt Ó Gríobhtha in Irish) (31 March 1871 _ 12 August 1922) was the founder and first leader of Sinn Féin. ...Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins (October 16, 1890 – August 22, 1922), an Irish revolutionary leader, served as Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, as a member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo_Irish Treaty negotiations, as Chairman of the Provisional Government and as Commander_in_Chief of the National Army. ...Michael Collins, R.C. Barton, E.J. Duggan and George Gavan Duffy as envoys plenipotentiary for the peace conference in England. Of the five only Collins, Griffith and Barton were members of the cabinet. These envoys eventually signed the Signature page of the Anglo_Irish Treaty The Anglo_Irish Treaty was a treaty between the British government and the Irish Republic which brought the Anglo-Irish War to an end and established the Irish Free State. ...Anglo_Irish Treaty on December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...6th December. After almost a month of acrimonious debate the treaty was formally ratified by Dáil Éireann on January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...7th January, 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1922. The vote went 64 in favour to 57 against. In the vote the deputies who represented more than one constituency were each only permitted to vote once.

To satisfy the requirements of the British constitution, the treaty also had to be ratified by the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Thus Irish nationalists ended their boycott of the home rule parliament to attend the southern House of Commons as A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...MPs. This they did alongside the four Unionist MPs who had refused to recognise the Dáil. In this way the treaty was ratified a second time.

Under the terms of the Anglo_Irish Treaty a provisional parliament, considered by nationalists to be the Third Dáil, was elected on the (Redirected from 16th June) June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ...16th June. This parliament was recognised both by nationalists and the British Government and so replaced both the The Parliament of Southern Ireland was set up under the Government of Ireland Act to legislate for Southern Ireland. ...Parliament of Southern Ireland and the Second Dáil with a single body.

Footnote

1. The five A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock_ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr_och_tas) or National Parliament. ...TDs (MPs) elected for two constituencies were Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Sean Milroy and Eoin MacNeill (May 15, 1867 _ October 15, 1945) was an Irish scholar and revolutionary. ...Eoin MacNeill.

Related topics

• Ireland is an island in the north_western Europe. ...History of Ireland
• First Dáil

External link

• Historical Dáil debates (http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html) from official Oireachtas website (http://www.oireachtas.ie).