Find out about how we celebrated our recent centenaries in 2018 and 2019, as part of the Decade of Centenaries.
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Dáil Éireann 1919-2019
In 2019 we commemorated the centenary of the First Dáil. On 21 January 1919, the First Dáil held its first public sitting. The elected members who gathered there declared Ireland to be a Republic and a sovereign independent state.
From LSE Library collection, [TWL.2002.588]
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In 2018, we commemorated the centenary of the parliamentary vote for women in Ireland. 1918 was the first time Irish women were permitted by law to vote and stand in parliamentary elections.
Archives
Papers of the early Dáil
The documents of the Dáil during its revolutionary period (1918-1923) are now available online. The collection, comprising more than 66,000 pages, was digitised by the National Archives of Ireland in partnership with the Houses of the Oireachtas as part of the centenary of the First Dáil.
Research
Bibliography
The Bibliography of Parliament in Ireland, from the Oireachtas Library & Research Service, lists works relevant to parliament in Ireland since the foundation of Dáil Éireann in 1919. If you are researching and writing about parliament in Ireland, you can use the bibliography to quickly generate your references.
Commemorative poster showing all 69 Members of the First Dáil