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3 unusual facts about Constitution of Ireland


Constitution of Ireland

Dermot Keogh and Andrew McCarthy, 'The making of the Irish Constitution 1937', Mercier Press, Cork, 2007, ISBN 978-1-85635-561-2

Constitutional references to God

The invocation of God and Jesus in the Preamble of the Constitution of Ireland has been cited in Supreme Court rulings.

Supreme Court of the Irish Free State

Though the Irish Free State and its constitution were abolished with the commencement of a new constitution, the Constitution of Ireland on 29 December 1937, the Free State Supreme Court continued in existence as the provisional supreme court of the new state until 1961 when the new Supreme Court of Ireland, which had been created in 1937, was formally brought into being.


James O'Halloran

Grattan, Lord Charlemont, Ponsonby, Plunkett, and a few patriots, continued to protest against the sale of the liberties and free Constitution of Ireland.


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