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2 unusual facts about Government of Ireland


Raimund Weisbach

Weisbach was an official guest of the Government of Ireland at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in 1966.

Shannon Estuary

In 1936, the Government of Ireland confirmed that it would develop a 3.1 kmĀ² site at Rineanna for the country's first transatlantic airport.


Merrion Street

The term Merrion Street is often used as shorthand for Irish Government in the same way as Whitehall or Downing Street is used to refer to the British government.


see also

Dublin Castle administration

Dublin Castle was the centre of the government of Ireland under English and later British rule.

Other major officers in the Dublin Castle administration included the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Under-Secretary, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Attorney-General for Ireland (briefly replaced under the Government of Ireland Act by the Attorney-General for Southern Ireland), and the Solicitor-General for Ireland.

Irish Home Rule movement

1920: Fourth Irish Home Rule Act (replaced Third Act, passed and implemented as the Government of Ireland Act 1920) which established Northern Ireland as a Home Rule entity within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and attempted to establish Southern Ireland as another but instead resulted in the partition of Ireland and Irish independence through the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922.

Minister for Children

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, a senior cabinet position in the Government of Ireland

Ministerial Council

North/South Ministerial Council, established under the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement), the regular joint meeting of the ministerial cabinet of both the Government of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive, to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain governmental powers across the whole island of Ireland