"Today was unprecedented, unseemly, and tomorrow, Dáil Eireann must reconvene and must elect a Taoiseach and get on with the urgent work." Harris later added: "What happened today was stunt ...

The first meeting of Dáil Éireann took place in the Round Room of the Mansion House on 21 January 1919. On its 50th anniversary, a lecture by Professor Kevin B. Nowlan reflecting on the first ...