Governor-General of the Irish Free State

E627677

The Governor-General of the Irish Free State was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in the Irish Free State from its establishment in 1922 until the office was abolished in 1936.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Governor-General of the Irish Free State canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office
vice-regal office
abolished 1936
abolishedBy Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 NERFINISHED
Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State NERFINISHED
appointedBy British monarch NERFINISHED
King George V NERFINISHED
constitutionalRole de facto head of state of the Irish Free State
representative of the Crown
country Irish Free State NERFINISHED
deFactoEndOfFunctions December 1936
endTime 11 December 1936
firstHolder Tim Healy NERFINISHED
flag Standard of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED
headOfStateRoleFor Irish Free State NERFINISHED
inception 1922
lastHolder Domhnall Ua Buachalla NERFINISHED
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act 1922 NERFINISHED
Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 NERFINISHED
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations constitutional framework NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Seanascal Shaorstát Éireann NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Irish
nominatedBy Executive Council of the Irish Free State NERFINISHED
officeCreatedBy Anglo-Irish Treaty NERFINISHED
Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922 NERFINISHED
officeHolderCount 3
partOf constitutional history of Ireland
history of the British Empire
history of the Commonwealth realms
positionHeldBy Domhnall Ua Buachalla NERFINISHED
James McNeill NERFINISHED
Tim Healy NERFINISHED
power appoint the Executive Council on advice
give Royal Assent to legislation
summon and dissolve the Oireachtas
precededBy Lord Lieutenant of Ireland NERFINISHED
represents British monarch NERFINISHED
King of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
residence Viceregal Lodge NERFINISHED
Áras an Uachtaráin NERFINISHED
seat Dublin NERFINISHED
startTime 6 December 1922
style His Excellency
Your Excellency
succeededBy President of Ireland NERFINISHED
termLength at His Majesty’s pleasure

Referenced by (4)

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

Tim Healy positionHeld Governor-General of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State Oireachtas headOfStateRepresentative Governor-General of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State Executive Council appointedBy Governor-General of the Irish Free State
Vice-President of the Executive Council appointedBy Governor-General of the Irish Free State