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The Government of the Irish Free State (also known as His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State) [7] was confident that the relationship of these independent countries under the Crown would function as a personal union. [8]
The royal site of the kings of Ulster, Eamhain Mhacha, now known as Navan Fort. The royal sites of Ireland were the seats of the Gaelic kings of Ireland.Medieval sources describe them as the ceremonial capitals of various Irish kingdoms, where kingly inaugurations, assemblies and athletic games were held.
Government Buildings (Irish: Tithe an Rialtais) is a large Edwardian building enclosing a quadrangle on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland, in which several key offices of the Government of Ireland are located. Among the offices of State located in the building are: Department of the Taoiseach; Council Chamber (cabinet room) Office of the ...
Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin. It is a former motte-and-bailey castle and was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin.
Leinster House from an illustration of 1757 by John Rocque. Leinster House was the former ducal residence in Dublin of the Duke of Leinster, and since 1922 has served as the parliament building of the Irish Free State, the predecessor of the modern Irish state, before which it functioned as the headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society.
Monarchy in the Irish Free State (3 C, 14 P) Irish kings (26 C, 8 P) Irish royal consorts (7 C, 47 P) L. Lord lieutenancies of Ireland (5 C, 1 P) Lordship of Ireland ...
On the street residents call The Shankill -- center of a Protestant neighborhood with a long history of loyalty to the crown -- British flags fluttered over shops and from light poles. “We swore ...
In 1921 the British Government created a House of Commons of Southern Ireland through the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (also known as the Fourth Home Rule Act), though only four MPs (all unionists) assembled for the State Opening of Parliament by the Lord Lieutenant, which was held in the Royal College of Science rather than the old ...