Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/5/31
Title
Invitation to First Meeting of Dáil Éireann
Date(s)
- Jan. 1919 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Printed
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
An invitation card for the first meeting of Dáil Éireann held on 7 January 1919. This inaugural meeting was held in private with only Sinn Féin members invited. The principal business conducted at this meeting was the election of a committee tasked with the drawing up of key documents to be discussed at the first sitting of the Dáil proper which was held on 21 January in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin.