21 January
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The first Dáil has met today in the Mansion House in Dublin. The Declaration of Independence was  read in Irish (by Cathal Brugha) , English (by Edmund Duggan) and in French ( by George Gavan Duffy) :- Whereas the Irish people is by right a free people: And Whereas for seven hundred years the Irish people has never ceased to repudiate and has repeatedly protested in arms against foreign usurpation: And Whereas English rule in this country is, and always has been, based upon force and fraud and maintained by military occupation against the declared will of the people: And Whereas the Irish Republic wasRead More →

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The Sinn Fein MPs not incarcerated in the government met in the Mansion House in Dublin today. Count Plunkett informed the gathering that invitations had been sent to all Irish-elected MPs to assemble as Dáil Eireann. So far, only one response had been received – a Decline from Sir Robert Woods (Independent Unionist MP for Dublin University). It has agreed that the first meeting of Dáil Eireann should take place as soon as possible, and that only urgent business would be dealt with (as 35 Sinn Fein MPs are currently in jail or in exile) It was also agreed to recommend that the following membersRead More →