Declaration of Independence (First Dáil)

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The Declaration of Independence (First Dáil) was the 1919 proclamation by Ireland’s revolutionary parliament asserting Ireland’s full sovereignty and rejecting British rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish revolutionary text ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
adoptedAlongWith Dáil Constitution (1919) ⓘ
Message to the Free Nations of the World ⓘ
adoptedBy First Dáil ⓘ
adoptedUnanimouslyBy members present of the First Dáil ⓘ
archivedIn Oireachtas records ⓘ
asserts Irish independence ⓘ
Irish sovereignty ⓘ
assertsRepresentationOf the whole island of Ireland ⓘ
basisOn 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ
callsFor international recognition of the Irish Republic ⓘ
withdrawal of British armed forces from Ireland ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateAdopted 1919-01-21 ⓘ
declares continuity of the Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916 ⓘ
that the British government has no right to legislate for Ireland ⓘ
that the Irish people are a sovereign nation ⓘ
deniesLegitimacyOf United Kingdom Parliament in Irish affairs ⓘ
draftedBy members of Sinn Féin leadership ⓘ
followedBy establishment of Dáil Éireann government structures ⓘ
governmentFormProclaimed parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dáil Éireann Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Irish Declaration of Independence (1919) ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War I settlement ⓘ
influenced Irish republican ideology ⓘ
inspiredBy American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
French revolutionary ideals ⓘ
principle of national self-determination ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legalStatusClaimed Irish Republic ⓘ
notRecognizedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
opposes continued incorporation of Ireland in the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeAdopted Mansion House, Dublin ⓘ
politicalContext Irish revolutionary period 1919–1921 ⓘ
politicalIdeology Irish republicanism ⓘ
precedes Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
recognizedBy limited number of foreign sympathizers and organizations ⓘ
recognizes 1916 Easter Rising as source of authority ⓘ
rejects British rule in Ireland ⓘ
relatedConflict Irish War of Independence ⓘ
relatedEvent First meeting of the First Dáil ⓘ
linked to: First Dáil
subjectOf Irish constitutional scholarship ⓘ
commemorations on centenary in 2019 ⓘ
typeOfIndependence unilateral declaration of independence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Republic → declaredInDocument → Declaration of Independence (First Dáil) ⓘ
Second Dáil → constitutionalBasis → Declaration of Independence of the Irish Republic ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Independence (First Dáil)
Declaration of Independence (First Dáil) → hasAlternativeName → Irish Declaration of Independence (1919) ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Independence (First Dáil)
Declaration of Independence (First Dáil) → hasAlternativeName → Dáil Éireann Declaration of Independence ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Independence (First Dáil)