Second Dáil

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The Second Dáil was the revolutionary Irish parliament elected in 1921 that served as the legislature of the self-declared Irish Republic during the War of Independence and the subsequent treaty debates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dáil Éireann
legislature
revolutionary parliament
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Republic NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis Declaration of Independence of the Irish Republic NERFINISHED
constitutionalDocument Dáil Constitution NERFINISHED
country Irish Republic NERFINISHED
countryAfterDissolution Irish Free State NERFINISHED
dissolved 1922
election 1921 Irish elections
electoralSystem proportional representation by single transferable vote
endTime 1922-06-08
firstPresidentOfDáilÉireann Éamon de Valera NERFINISHED
firstPresidentOfTheRepublic Éamon de Valera NERFINISHED
followedBy Third Dáil NERFINISHED
follows First Dáil NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentTitle President of Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic NERFINISHED
historicalRole forum for Anglo-Irish Treaty debates
revolutionary parliament during the Irish War of Independence
inception 1921
languageOfWorkOrName English
Irish
lastPresidentOfDáilÉireann Arthur Griffith NERFINISHED
lastPresidentOfTheRepublic Arthur Griffith NERFINISHED
legislativeBodyFor Irish Republic NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod 1921–1922
legislatureType unicameral legislature
location Dublin NERFINISHED
mainIdeology Irish republicanism
majorityParty Sinn Féin NERFINISHED
meetsAt Dublin NERFINISHED
notRecognizedBy United Kingdom government NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers 128
partOf Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED
Irish revolutionary period
precededBy First Dáil NERFINISHED
presidingOfficerTitle Ceann Comhairle NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Irish republican movement NERFINISHED
replacedBy Third Dáil NERFINISHED
role legislature of the self-declared Irish Republic
significantEvent Anglo-Irish Treaty debates NERFINISHED
election of Provisional Government of Ireland
ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
split of Sinn Féin over the Treaty
startTime 1921-08-16
usedAsMeetingPlace Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin NERFINISHED
Mansion House, Dublin NERFINISHED

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George Gavan Duffy memberOf Second Dáil
Assembly of Ireland predecessor Second Dáil
this entity surface form: Dáil Éireann (revolutionary parliament 1919–1922)
Austin Stack parliamentaryTerm Second Dáil