Constitution of the Irish Free State

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constitution foundational legal document

The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the foundational legal document adopted in 1922 that established the institutions, powers, and governance framework of the newly independent Irish Free State following the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of the Irish Free State canonical	9
Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922	8
Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922	5
Constitution of Ireland 1937	1
Irish Constitution	1
Irish Free State Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936	1
Irish Free State Constitution of 1922	1
Saorstát Éireann Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Constitution of the Irish Free State
Context triple: [Irish Free State, constitution, Constitution of the Irish Free State]

A. Government of Ireland Act 1920
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was a British law that partitioned Ireland and established separate home rule parliaments for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
B. Anglo-Irish Treaty
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was the 1921 agreement between Britain and Irish representatives that ended the War of Independence and established the Irish Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.
C. Constitution of 1931
The Constitution of 1931 was the foundational legal charter of the Second Spanish Republic, establishing a democratic, secular, and progressive framework that expanded civil liberties and regional autonomy in Spain.
D. March Constitution of 1921
The March Constitution of 1921 was the fundamental law of the Second Polish Republic that established Poland as a democratic parliamentary state after World War I.
E. April Constitution of 1935
The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the Irish Free State
Target entity description: The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the foundational legal document adopted in 1922 that established the institutions, powers, and governance framework of the newly independent Irish Free State following the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

A. Government of Ireland Act 1920
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was a British law that partitioned Ireland and established separate home rule parliaments for Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
B. Anglo-Irish Treaty
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was the 1921 agreement between Britain and Irish representatives that ended the War of Independence and established the Irish Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire.
C. Constitution of 1931
The Constitution of 1931 was the foundational legal charter of the Second Spanish Republic, establishing a democratic, secular, and progressive framework that expanded civil liberties and regional autonomy in Spain.
D. March Constitution of 1921
The March Constitution of 1921 was the fundamental law of the Second Polish Republic that established Poland as a democratic parliamentary state after World War I.
E. April Constitution of 1935
The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ foundational legal document ⓘ
adoptedOn	1922-12-06 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saorstát Éireann Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Irish Free State
approvedBy	British Parliament (via the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922) ⓘ linked to: Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 Third Dáil sitting as a Constituent Assembly ⓘ
archivedAt	National Archives of Ireland ⓘ
article50ProvidedFor	amendment of the constitution by ordinary legislation ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1922-12-06 ⓘ
containedArticle	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 50 ⓘ
country	Irish Free State ⓘ
createdState	Irish Free State ⓘ
definedFormOfState	dominion within the British Commonwealth ⓘ
establishedExecutive	Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ linked to: Irish Free State Executive Council
establishedJudiciary	High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
establishedLegislativeHouse	Dáil Éireann ⓘ Seanad Éireann ⓘ
establishedLegislature	Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ linked to: Irish Free State Oireachtas
establishedOffice	President of the Executive Council ⓘ Vice-President of the Executive Council ⓘ
governedPeriod	1922–1937 ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	King ⓘ
influencedBy	British constitutional practice ⓘ Dominion constitutions such as the Canadian constitution ⓘ Weimar Constitution (in aspects of proportional representation) ⓘ linked to: Weimar Constitution
inForceUntil	adoption of the Constitution of Ireland in 1937 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
legalBasis	Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of the Irish Free State ⓘ
locationOfAdoption	Dublin ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
providedFor	bicameral legislature ⓘ collective responsibility of the Executive Council to the Dáil ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ independent courts ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ local government framework ⓘ proportional representation by single transferable vote ⓘ
repealedOn	1937-12-29 ⓘ
replacedBy	Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
representedBy	Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ linked to: Governor-General
requiredOath	Oath of Allegiance to the King ⓘ
subjectTo	limitations imposed by the Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
superseded	pre-existing British statutes as primary constitutional framework in the territory of the Free State ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentEstablished	parliamentary democracy ⓘ

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