Government of the 1st Dáil

Government of the 1st Dáil
Govt of the 1st Dáil (1918)
Govt of the 2nd Dáil (1921)
Govt of the 3rd Dáil (1922)

The First Dáil was elected on 18 December 1918 and first met on 21 January 1919, on which date the First Ministry assumed office, and lasted for 892 days.

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 unicameral, revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. The first meeting of Dáil Éireann occurred on 21 January 1919 in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin.

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First Ministry

The term of office for the First Ministry was from 21 January 1919 – 1 April 1919. The First Ministry was a temporary cabinet headed by Cathal Brugha, because Éamon de Valera, the leader of Sinn Féin, was in prison at the time.

Office Name
President of Dáil Éireann Cathal Brugha
Minister for Finance Eoin MacNeill
Minister for Home Affairs Michael Collins
Minister for Foreign Affairs Count Plunkett
Minister for National Defence Richard Mulcahy

Second Ministry

The term of office for the Second Ministry was from 1 April 1919 – 26 August 1921. In April 1919 de Valera became President of Dáil Éireann (Príomh Aire) and headed the Second Ministry. Countess Markievicz became the first Irish female Cabinet Minister.

Office Name
President of Dáil Éireann Éamon de Valera
Minister for Finance Michael Collins
Minister for Home Affairs Arthur Griffith
Minister for Foreign Affairs Count Plunkett
Minister for Defence Cathal Brugha
Minister for Labour Constance Markievicz
Minister for Industries Eoin MacNeill
Minister for Local Government W. T. Cosgrave
Minister for Irish Seán T. O'Kelly

Ministers not in cabinet

Office Name
Director of Agriculture Robert Barton
Director of Fisheries Seán Etchingham
Director of Propaganda Laurence Ginnell
Director of Trade and Commerce Ernest Blythe

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