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

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
Mansion House, Dublin

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George Gavan Duffy memberOf Second Dáil
Assembly of Ireland predecessor Dáil Éireann (revolutionary parliament 1919–1922)
linked to: Second Dáil
Austin Stack parliamentaryTerm Second Dáil
Desmond FitzGerald memberOf Second Dáil