WHEN EIRE BECAME A REPUBLIC.—Under the Republic of Ireland Act, Eire became a republic on Easter Day, April 17, 1949, and Dublin celebrated the severance of 26 counties from the Commonwealth. The occasion also commemorated the rebellion of 1916, and the General Post Office, in O’Connell street, focal point of the rising was the saluting base for the military parade on Easter Monday, at which President O’Kelly took the salute. Mr de Valera absented himself, as he did not approve of a republic for one part of Ireland only.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28938, 4 July 1959, Page 10
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89WHEN EIRE BECAME A REPUBLIC.—Under the Republic of Ireland Act, Eire became a republic on Easter Day, April 17, 1949, and Dublin celebrated the severance of 26 counties from the Commonwealth. The occasion also commemorated the rebellion of 1916, and the General Post Office, in O’Connell street, focal point of the rising was the saluting base for the military parade on Easter Monday, at which President O’Kelly took the salute. Mr de Valera absented himself, as he did not approve of a republic for one part of Ireland only. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28938, 4 July 1959, Page 10
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