2009 January 21 | Thurles Information

First Meeting of Dáil Éireann 1919 – The Solohead Tipperary Connection

This day the 21st January, 90 years ago, in 1919 Sinn Féin candidates who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled as a revolutionary parliament called “Dáil Éireann”. This first meeting of Dáil Éireann on 21st January 1919 was held [...]