page_title: Great Seal of the Irish Free State
hierarchical_section_title: Great Seal of the Irish Free State
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: pečeť irského sovbodného státu Deutsch: Großes Siegel des Irischen Freistaates mit der Irischen Harfe als Siegelbild und der Umschrift in irischer Sprache „Saorstát Éireann“ English: reverse of the Great Seal of the Irish Free State Gaeilge: Séala Mor do Shaorstát Éireann
context_page_description: The Great Seal of the Irish Free State is either of two seals affixed to certain classes of official documents of the Irish Free State:
  the "internal" Great Seal, used from 1925 for "internal" documents signed by the Governor-General
  the "external" Great Seal, used from 1932 for diplomatic documents signed by the British king.
  A new seal, for documents signed by the President of Ireland, replaced the internal seal in 1937, when the Constitution of Ireland came into force; it replaced the external seal in 1949 when the Republic of Ireland Act came into force.
context_section_description: The Great Seal of the Irish Free State (Irish: Séala Mór do Shaorstát Éireann) is either of two seals affixed to certain classes of official documents of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann): 
  the "internal" Great Seal, used from 1925 for "internal" documents (of domestic law) signed by the Governor-General
  the "external" Great Seal, used from 1932 for diplomatic documents signed by the British king.
  A new seal, for documents signed by the President of Ireland, replaced the internal seal in 1937, when the Constitution of Ireland came into force; it replaced the external seal in 1949 when the Republic of Ireland Act came into force.
caption: Design of the face of the 1925 "internal" Great Seal
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