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Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, First Seanad, Free State Senate or Free State Seanad. The Seanad was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State. A number of constitutional amendments were made to change the manner of its election and its powers. It was eventually abolished in 1936 when it attempted to obstruct constitutional reforms favoured by the government. It sat, like its modern successor, in Leinster House.
The Oireachtas of the Irish Free State was the legislature of the Irish Free State from 1922 until 1937. It was established by the 1922 Constitution of Ireland which was based from the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It was the first independent Irish Parliament officially recognised outside Ireland since the historic Parliament of Ireland which was abolished with the Acts of Union 1800.
This is a list of records relating to the Oireachtas, the national parliament of Ireland, which consists of the President of Ireland, and two Houses, Dáil Éireann, a house of representatives whose members are known as Teachtaí Dála or TDs, and Seanad Éireann, a senate whose members are known as senators.
National University of Ireland (NUI) is a university constituency in Ireland, which currently elects three senators to Seanad Éireann. Its electorate is the graduates of the university, which has a number of constituent universities. It previously elected members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1918–1921), to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland (1921) and to Dáil Éireann (1918–1936).
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Patrick Francis Baxter was an Irish politician from County Cavan. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1920s, and later a Senator for over 25 years, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1954 to 1957.
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The 1925 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office from the 1925 Seanad election to the 1928 Seanad election. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas, took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1925 Seanad included members nominated and elected in 1922, members elected in the 1925 Seanad election, and members elected to fill vacancies.
The 1928 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office from the 1928 Seanad election to the 1931 Seanad election. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas, took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1928 Seanad included members nominated in 1922, and members elected at the 1922, 1925 and 1928 Seanad elections. It sat as a second chamber to the 6th Dáil elected at the September 1927 general election. The Seanad of the Irish Free State was not numbered after each election, with the whole period later considered the First Seanad.
The 1931 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office from the 1931 Seanad election to the 1934 Seanad election. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas, took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1931 Seanad included members nominated in 1922, and members elected at the 1925, 1928 and 1931 Seanad elections.
The 1934 Seanad was the part of the Seanad of the Irish Free State (1922–1936) in office after the 1934 Seanad election until its abolition in 1936. Elections to the Seanad, the Senate of the Oireachtas took place on a triennial basis, with senators elected in stages. The 1934 Seanad included members elected at the 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934 Seanad elections. It sat as a second chamber to the 8th Dáil elected at the 1933 general election.
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Thomas Kennedy was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.
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James J. MacKean was an Irish politician. He was a Cumann na nGaedheal member of the Free State Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1936. He was first elected to the Seanad in 1922 for 9 years and was re-elected in 1931 for 9 years. He served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.
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- 1 2 "Michael Duffy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "Residents of a house 67 in Dunshaughlin Town". National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ↑ "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Duffy, Michael". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ The Meath Chronicle: 21 Sept 1957, p. 1