W.T. Cosgrave takes office and introduces the Constitution

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The Third Dáil ratified the Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) of the Irish Free State on 18 September 1922. The document was drafted in the Shelbourne Hotel in the ‘Constitution Room’. The committee appointed to draft the Constitution was chaired by Michael Collins, but Darrell Figgis, the vice-chairman, was responsible for ... Read more

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