Talk:First Dáil

message: Excellent page. I've changed "Some of these were absent from the inaugural meeting" to forty - rather more than some. The others were not all 'on the run' as they hadn't done anything to be on the run for. Many were also prisoners elected on the slogan 'vote him in to get him out'.Wluki 21:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: "The First Dáil and the general election of 1918 have come to occupy a central place in Irish republican mythology..."
The word 'mythology', although it may be neutral in an anthropological sense, in a political sense tends to be pejorative. Or put another way, it's understandable within the context of current Irish political debate, but that's not necessarily the context of an encyclopedia - because it is very value laden and implies a particular interpretation. Is there a quote/source to go with it by any chance? 
"Until recently republican paramilitary groups, such the Provisional IRA, often claimed that their campaigns derived legitimacy from this 1918 mandate, and some still do..." any quotes/sources?
"Many commentators..." who? Quotes/sources?
"...including, recently, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, have suggested that despite the ambitious aspirations of the First Dáil, Irish independence only "really" began in 1922 with the foundation of the Irish Free State..." is there a quote/source?
Oisinoc (talk) 08:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Legacy

message: "...most Irish MPs were members of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) who strove in several Home Rule Bills to achieve self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom through the constitutional movement for reform."
'...constitutional movement for reform' may seem self-explanatory within one particular cultural, political, or historical context; but e.g. in the USA (even in the Republic of Ireland) the word 'Constitutional' carries a very different set of contexts and meanings; a foundational legal document granting legitimacy to the state from the people, guaranteeing certain rights to citizens, that preempts all other executive, legislative, and judicial state powers. This is fundamentally different from the British understanding of 'constitutional', which is closer to meaning 'important constituent law', but which can be overruled at will by parliament, and thus does not have the same prohibitionary power against state action or legislative fiat. This is important, not only because the legitimacy of the British State to rule the Irish people was what was in question, but because the word 'constitutional' is often used as the antonym to politically delegitimise 'physical force' republicanism historically. To use the American example again, no one today would describe George Washington et al as 'physical force republicans' in opposition to 'constitutionalism'. Not saying it shouldn't be in there, only that it should not be regarded as self-evident, self-explanatory, or a NPOV.
Oisinoc (talk) 08:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: General election of 1918

message: The article states 'Six Sinn Féin MPs were elected in the counties that are now Northern Ireland. Of these two also held seats in other parts of the country.'  Looking at http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm Nicholas Whyte's page I can see three - Seán O'Mahony of  South Fermanagh, Eoin MacNeill of  Londonderry City and Arthur Griffith of  North West Tyrone.  I therefore propose to amend this statement to read 'Three Sinn Féin MPs were elected in the counties that are now Northern Ireland. Of these two also held seats in other parts of the country.'
Alekksandr (talk) 20:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That link doesn't work but the figure is three alright. Snappy (talk) 20:40, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Members

message: The page states 'The Labour Party had decided not to participate in the election, allowing the electorate to decide on the issue of Home Rule versus a Republic by having a clear two way choice between the two nationalist parties.'  As Labour did run in four Belfast seats as stated in http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm , I propose to insert the words 'outside Belfast' after 'election'.
Alekksandr (talk) 20:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe they were members of the Belfast Labour Party who had split with the Irish Labour Party some years earlier. Snappy (talk) 17:51, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Labour

message: The introduction to the article doesn't explain what the First Dáil is, or even what a Dáil is. GeoEvan (talk) 08:07, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have tweaked the intro. I hope it better explains what the First Dáil was. Snappy (talk) 16:10, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is it? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I am unable to edit the War of Independence section to remove the 'VP of Sinn Fein' bit in the caption. Caption: why single out one person only for extra info.? Billsmith60 (talk) 18:03, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Because Michael O'Flanagan was VP of Sinn Fein but not a TD. Spleodrach (talk) 08:49, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, fair enough. But why is it not possible to edit that section at all? The 'Publish' button disappears on a mobile edit after one previews a sample change Billsmith60 (talk) 12:12, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I can edit it, no idea why you can't. Spleodrach (talk) 14:02, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caption to Members