D�il Constitution (original) (raw)

D�il Constitution The first short Irish constitution, adopted by the First D�il in January 1919. It created a ministry or �ireacht headed by the Pr�omh �ire (pronounced, preeve ara), also called President of D�il �ireann, who was in effect the prime minister.

Because Sinn F�in had almost split between monarchists and republicans at its 1917 �rd Fh�is (pronounced, ord desh) in order to avoid another row on the issue, no head of state was provided for in the original D�il �ireann. The constitution was, however, amended in August 1921 at the request of the then President of D�il �ireann, Eamon de Valera to upgrade the office to full head of state, with the office renamed President of the Republic.