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Francis McGuinness
Francis McGuinness (23 February 1867 – 30 November 1934) was an Irish politician. Early life McGuinness was born in 1867 in Cloonmore townland, Tarmonbarry, County Roscommon, to Martin McGuinness, landholder, and Rose Farrell. Political life He was an older brother of Joseph McGuinness, whose seat he won after the former's death. He was elected as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election for the Longford–Westmeath constituency. He stood as a Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ... candidate at the 1923 general election but was not elected. He was elected to the Seanad for 9 years in 1925 and did not seek re-election in 1934. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGuinness, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)
Seanad Éireann (; ''Senate of Ireland'') was the upper house of the Oireachtas (Irish Free State), Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, First Seanad, Free State Senate or Free State Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were subsequently made to change the manner of its election and its powers. It was eventually abolished in 1936 when it attempted to obstruct constitutional reforms favoured by the government. It sat, like its modern successor, in Leinster House. Powers The Free State Senate was subordinate to Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State), Dáil Éireann (the lower house) and could delay but not veto decisions of that house. Nonetheless, the Free State Senate had more power than its successor, the modern Seanad Éireann, which can only delay normal legislation for 90 days. As originally adopted the constitution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Irish Treaty
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty ( ga , An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. It provided for the establishment of the Irish Free State within a year as a self-governing dominion within the "community of nations known as the British Empire", a status "the same as that of the Dominion of Canada". It also provided Northern Ireland, which had been created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, an option to opt out of the Irish Free State (Article 12), which the Parliament of Northern Ireland exercised. The agreement was signed in London on 6 December 1921, by representatives of the British government (which included Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who was head of the British delegates) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1931 Seanad
This is a list of the members of the 1931 Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State), Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State, Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State. These Senate, Senators were elected or appointed in 1922 and elected at the 1925 Irish Seanad election, 1925, 1928 and 1931 Seanad elections. Composition of the 1931 Seanad The Free State Seanad was elected in stages and thus considered to be in permanent session. However, as a gesture of continuity with its Free State predecessor, the first Seanad Éireann, Seanad elected after 1937 is numbered as the "Second Seanad". The Free State Senate, despite the occurrence of five senatorial elections before its abolition, is considered to have been a single 'Seanad' for the duration of its existence and is thus referred for that whole period as the "First Seanad". There were a total of 60 seats in the Free State Seanad. In 1931, 23 Senators were elected. The 1925 Irish Seanad election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1928 Seanad
This is a list of the members of the 1928 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1922 and elected at the 1925 and 1928 Seanad elections. Composition of the 1928 Seanad The Free State Seanad was elected in stages and thus considered to be in permanent session. However, as a gesture of continuity with its Free State predecessor, the first Seanad elected after 1937 is numbered as the "Second Seanad". The Free State Senate, despite the occurrence of five senatorial elections before its abolition, is considered to have been a single 'Seanad' for the duration of its existence and is thus referred for that whole period as the "First Seanad". There were a total of 60 seats in the Free State Seanad. In 1928, 17 Senators were elected. The previous Seanad election in 1925 was a popular election. However, at the 1928 and subsequent Free State Seanad elections, the franchise was restricted to Oi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1925 Seanad
This is a list of the members of the 1925 Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1922, and also elected at the 1925 Seanad election. Composition of the 1925 Seanad The Free State Seanad was elected in stages and thus considered to be in permanent session. However, as a gesture of continuity with its Free State predecessor, the first Seanad elected after 1937 is numbered as the "Second Seanad". The Free State Senate, despite the occurrence of five senatorial elections before its abolition, is considered to have been a single 'Seanad' for the duration of its existence and is thus referred for that whole period as the "First Seanad". There were a total of 60 seats in the Free State Seanad. 19 Senators were elected at the 1925 Seanad election, which was the only Seanad popular election. In 1922, 30 Senators had been elected by Dáil Éireann, and 30 had been nominated by the President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 3rd Dáil
The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was the lower house of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted days. Composition of the 3rd Dáil Government party denoted with bullet () Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd Dáil from June 1922. This was not the official seating plan. *Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) is shown on the right. *Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) is shown on the left, though they did not take their seats. Ceann Comhairle On 9 September 1922, Michael Hayes was proposed by Ernest Blythe and seconded by Patrick Hogan for the position of Ceann Comhairl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumann Na NGaedheal Senators
A (Irish for association; plural ) is the lowest local unit or branch of a number of Irish political parties. The term ''cumann'' may also be used to describe a non-political association. Traditionally, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have called their local branches by that term. Fine Gael also uses the term to describe its local branches in the Clare constituency. Structure of Fianna Fáil The structure of Fianna Fáil is as follows; the elementary units of the party are the , the (Area Council), and the (Constituency Council). The is a form of district unit covering a number of over a geographic area (usually a County Council local electoral area), while the is a collection of all the or all the in a Dáil (parliamentary) constituency or county. Structure of Sinn Féin In Sinn Féin, the party structure is similar to that of Fianna Fáil. The principal units of the party are the and the (Area Council), which consists of elected members from the area's . The is a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Sinn Féin TDs
Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * Early Branch, a stream in Missouri * Early County, Georgia Other uses * ''Early'' (Scritti Politti album), 2005 * ''Early'' (A Certain Ratio album), 2002 * Early (name) * Early effect, an effect in transistor physics * Early Records Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * Early ..., a record label * the early part of the morning See also * Earley (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1867 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed after its designer, John A. Roebling, in 1983. * January 8 – African-American men are granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia. * January 11 – Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again. * January 30 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan dies suddenly, age 36, leaving his 14-year-old son to succeed as Emperor Meiji. * January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Bey Karam leaves Lebanon aboard a French ship for Algeria. * February 3 – ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshinobu abdicates, and the late Emperor Kōmei's son, Prince Mutsuhito, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan in a brief ceremony in Kyoto, ending the Late Tokugawa shogunate. * February 7 – West Virginia University is established in Morgantown, West Virginia. * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Dáil
The Third Dáil was elected at the general election held on 16 June 1922. This election was required to be held under the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921. It first met on 9 September and until 6 December 1922, it was the Provisional Parliament or the Constituent Assembly of Southern Ireland. From 6 December 1922, it was the lower house (Dáil Éireann) of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State, until its dissolution on 9 August 1923. Article 17 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Article 17 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty provided: Article 17 therefore envisaged by way of "provisional arrangement" the creation of a provisional government. For the purposes of giving effect to Article 17, Section 1(2) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, provided: * the British Government could by Orders in Council transfer powers to the Provisional Government of Ireland; * the Parliament of Southern Ireland would be dissolved within four m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piece 209-021; Frank McGuinness Possible Involvement In Easter 1916; Joseph McGuinness (1920)
Piece or Pieces (not to be confused with peace) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Piece (chess), pieces deployed on a chessboard for playing the game of chess * ''Pieces'' (video game), a 1994 puzzle game for the Super NES * Pieces, parts of a jigsaw puzzle or board game Music Albums * ''Piece'' (Lena Park album), 1998 * ''Piece'' (Monsta X album), 2018 * ''Pieces'' (Bobby Womack album), 1978 * ''Pieces'' (Erik Hassle album), 2010 * ''Pieces'' (IU album), 2021 * ''Pieces'' (Manassas album), 2009 * ''Pieces'' (Matt Simons album) or the title song, 2012 * ''Pieces'' (Michele Stodart album), 2016 * ''Pieces, Part One'', by Epik High, 2008 * ''Pieces'', by Daeg Faerch, 2020 * ''Pieces'', by Kokia, 2011 * ''Pieces'', an EP by Dismember, 1992 Songs * "Piece" (song), by Yui Aragaki, 2009 * "Pieces" (Chase & Status song), 2008 * "Pieces" (Gary Allan song), 2013 * "Pieces" (L'Arc-en-Ciel song), 1999 * "Pieces" (Sum 41 song), 2005 * "Hide"/"Piec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
