Dail Eireannn.
/ˌdɔɪl ˈɛːrən/, U.S. /ˌdɔɪl ˈɛrən/, Irish English /ˌðɒːl ˈeːrən/ The lower house of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland (before 1922, the Sinn Fein Parliament in Ireland). Also elliptically Dail.
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Dail Eireann1919
1919 Times 21 Jan. 9/4 A committee had been nominated ‘to select Irish technical terms for the work of “An Dail Eireann”,’ the Gaelic appellation of the new Irish Parliament.
1919 Times 22 Jan. 9/4 The first word in English was spoken when the Dail had been in session for about three-quarters of an hour.
1921 Punch 30 Mar. 254/3 The Government should enter into unconditional negotiations with Dail Eireann.
1923 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 332 Parliament has been sitting continuously ever since the last Dail elections.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 280 It was bitterly contested in the Dail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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