Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote
- Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote
The
Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London on6 December 1921 . Dáil Éireann voted on the treaty on7 January 1922 , following a debate through late December 1921 and into January 1922.Result
Of the 125 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), 121 cast their vote in the Dáil. The
Ceann Comhairle Eoin MacNeill (Londonderry and National University of Ireland) absented himself from the vote in accordance with standing orders. It was ruled that the four other TDs, Michael Collins,Arthur Griffith ,Éamon de Valera andSeán Milroy , who had been elected for two constituencies (for both theHouse of Commons of Southern Ireland and theHouse of Commons of Northern Ireland ) would only cast one vote each, and three TDs abstained. [Frank Drohan had resigned before the vote even came up; Laurence Ginnell (anti-Treaty) was absent and Thomas Kelly (pro-Treaty) was ill.] The result of the vote was:*64 in favour
*57 against
*3 abstainedPrior to the vote, all TDs were members of the
Sinn Féin party. Sinn Féin split into pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty sides in the aftermath of the Treaty vote. (See Sinn Féin Treaty split).Abstained from voting
ee also
*
Easter Rising
*Irish War of Independence
*Irish Civil War
*Irish Free State
*Irish elections, 1921
*Second Dáil
*Members of the 2nd Dáil Footnotes
External links
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.D.T.html Contemporaneous record of the debate on the Treaty in Dáil Éireann] .
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/DT/D.T.192201070002.html Record of the Dáil debate on the Treaty and vote on the 7 January, 1922] .
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/DT/D.P.A.170001.html De Valera's preferred Treaty, 'Document No.2', published on 10 January, 1922.]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E1DA113EEE3ABC4152DFB467838A639EDE Dáil may not vote before Christmas] – "New York Times" archive,19 December ,1921 .
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