Irish Declaration of Independence
1919 document which declared the Irish Republic's independence from the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
The Declaration of Independence (Irish: Forógra na Saoirse, French: Déclaration d'indépendance) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919. It followed from the Sinn Féin election manifesto of December 1918. Texts of the declaration were adopted in three languages: Irish, English and French.
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