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2 unusual facts about Democratic Programme


Democratic Programme

On the national issue, the Sinn Féin Manifesto for the 1918 election had stressed the long history of Irish resistance to British rule, "..based on our unbroken tradition of nationhood, on a unity in a national name which has never been challenged, on our possession of a distinctive national culture and social order, on the moral courage and dignity of our people in the face of alien aggression.."

The Democratic Programme was a declaration of economic and social principles adopted by the First Dáil at its first meeting on 21 January 1919.



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