Constitution of Ireland

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fundamental law written constitution

The Constitution of Ireland is the fundamental legal document that establishes the structure of the Irish state, defines the rights of its citizens, and serves as the supreme source of law in Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of Ireland canonical 33
Bunreacht na hÉireann 3
Constitution of Ireland 1937 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy Irish people ⓘ
surface form: People of Ireland
adoptionMethod popular referendum ⓘ
amendmentMethod popular referendum plus Oireachtas approval ⓘ
articleCountApprox 50+ ⓘ
bindingOn all state authorities in Ireland ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1937-12-29 ⓘ
contains Articles ⓘ
Preamble ⓘ
Schedules ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateAdopted 1937-07-01 ⓘ
dateApprovedByReferendum 1937-07-01 ⓘ
defines fundamental rights of citizens ⓘ
powers of the organs of state ⓘ
structure of the Irish state ⓘ
draftedBy John Hearne ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
establishes Courts of Justice ⓘ
Dáil Éireann ⓘ
Government of Ireland ⓘ
Oireachtas ⓘ
President of Ireland ⓘ
Seanad Éireann ⓘ
formOfState parliamentary democracy ⓘ
guarantees equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
personal rights ⓘ
private property rights ⓘ
protection of the family ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
hasChapter Fundamental Rights ⓘ
hasPreambleReference Trinity ⓘ
surface form: Most Holy Trinity

seeking to promote the common good ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Ireland ⓘ
inspiredBy Catholic social teaching ⓘ
judicialIndependence guaranteed ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislatureName Oireachtas ⓘ
officialLanguageVersion English text ⓘ
Irish text ⓘ
originalArticleCount 50 ⓘ
predecessorState Irish Free State ⓘ
providesFor judicial review of legislation ⓘ
referendums on constitutional amendments ⓘ
recognizes English language as second official language ⓘ
Irish language as first official language ⓘ
replaced Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
requires constitutional amendments to be approved by referendum ⓘ
seatOfSovereignty people of Ireland ⓘ
shortName Constitution of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bunreacht na hÉireann
subjectTo interpretation by the courts ⓘ
supremeLawOf Republic of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish language → recognizedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
President of Ireland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
President of Ireland → constitutionalArticles → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles 12–14 of the Constitution of Ireland
Seanad Éireann → establishedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Oireachtas → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Oireachtas → relatedDocument → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunreacht na hÉireann
Dáil Éireann → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Irish tricolour → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
President of the Executive Council → replacedByOfficeCreatedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 → relatedTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ireland 1937
Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 → successorFramework → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) adopted in 1937
Constitution of the Irish Free State → replacedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Government of Ireland → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Government of Ireland → governedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutional law of Ireland
Taoiseach of Ireland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Taoiseach of Ireland → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunreacht na hÉireann
Constitution of Ireland → shortName → Constitution of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunreacht na hÉireann
Acts of the Oireachtas → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Acts of the Oireachtas → mustConformTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Acts of the Oireachtas → hierarchicalRank → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: below Constitution of Ireland
Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann → subordinateTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Seal of the President of Ireland → authority → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Seal of the President of Ireland → relatedTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ireland Article 13
Chief Justice of Ireland → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Defence Forces of Ireland → allegiance → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → establishedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Cathaoirleach → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Standing Orders of Seanad Éireann → basedOn → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Standing Orders of Seanad Éireann → subjectTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Administrative Panel → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Agricultural Panel → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Cultural and Educational Panel → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Industrial and Commercial Panel → hasLegalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Industrial and Commercial Panel → establishedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Labour Panel → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Labour Panel → establishedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland → partOf → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Ceann Comhairle → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Assembly of Ireland → establishedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Official Languages Act 2003 → relatedTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Constitution
Teachta Dála → legalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Tánaiste of Ireland → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 → precedes → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) 1937
Constitution (Amendment No. 26) Act 1935 → repealedBy → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ireland 1937
Electoral (Amendment) Acts of Ireland → relatedTo → Constitution of Ireland ⓘ