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Public Safety Act
Ireland [1927]
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effect on Irish history
- In Ireland: The Irish Free State, 1922–32
Cosgrave passed a stringent Public Safety Act and introduced legislation requiring that all candidates for the Dáil declare their willingness, if elected, to take the oath of allegiance. De Valera then led his new party, Fianna Fáil (“Soldiers of Ireland”), into the Dáil and signed the declaration required under…
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