1932 AD
"Fianna Fail Coalition Government."
January: The Irish Free State Parliament still under the leadership of William Thomas Cosgrave and the Cuman na nGaedhal Coalition Government was "dissolved," and Eamonn de Valera during the coming campaigning for the "General Election" in the Irish Free State of 26 Counties, maintained his policies of removing the "Oath of Allegiance" to the British King and the return of the "Land Annuities" to the Government of Ireland, and their catch phase in the election was, "Put Them Out," the same one that would be used against Eamon De Valera's Fianna Fail Party to also remove them from office 16 years later on in 1948. Because a candidate for the Cuman na nGaedhal Party who had been standing for a seat in Co. Sligo - Co. Leitrim was "killed" before the "Elections" they were to be put back a "fortnight."
February: The Irish Free State "General Elections" were held, and the Cumann na nGaedheal Party under William T. Cosgrave, were "ousted" after 10 years of being the the "first" Irish Free State Government, as the Fianna Fail Party (Warriors of Destiny) under Eamonn de Valera finished up with a 15 seat "majority" over them, giving the Fianna Fail Party 72 seats, and they now became the "largest" party in the Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly, but they still needed the 7 seats that were won by the Irish Labour Party to form a the Government. The "Anti - Treaty IRA" who were still pushing for the return of a United Ireland, composed of the original 32 Counties, had used some "intimidation" and "false voting" practises to assist the Fianna Fail Party, who they were now also co - operating with to bring about their common goal of a total Irish Republic.
March 8th: In the Irish
Free State,
Eamonn de Valera, Sean T. O Kelly
and
Gerald Boland
met with
Tom Johnson, William Norton
and
William Davin from the
Irish
Labour Party,
to obtain their co - operation,
and
they formed a
March 9th:
Michael Kilroy
put forward the nomination of
Eamonn de Valera
for Taoiseach / leader of the
Irish Free State, and
Oscar Traynor
seconded his
motion, and by a vote of
81 votes
to
68 he was to become the "second"
Irish Taoiseach
of the
Executive Council
of the
Irish
Free State
until
1937 as
the leader of the
Fianna Fail Party Coalition
Government
in combination with
the
Irish Labour Party and
3
of the "Independents,"
and he took the
portfolio of Minister of
External Affairs
also under his wing, and was also to later become the
President of the
Council
of the
"League of Nations,"
while
Sean T. O Kelly was appointed the
Minister for
Local Government until
1939,
with
Sean
Lemass to be the
Minister for
Industry & Commerce, and
Frank
Aiken the
Minister of
Defence.
One of
Eamonn de Valera's
first
measures in government, was to "repeal" the
Act
passed by
William T. Cosgrave,
which
had "banned" the "Anti - Treaty
IRA" members from wearing
uniforms and owning arms, and some then even joined up with the
Irish Free State
Army.
March 10th:
All
"Anti - Treaty IRA"
political prisoners who had been "imprisoned" by the previous
Cuman na nGaedhal Party
Coalition Government
under the leadership of William T. Cosgrave
in the Irish Free State, were "released" from the
Arbour
Hill
Barracks and
Mountjoy Prison,
except for those
who had carried out any actions on their "own initiative."
March 18th:
In the Irish Free State, the
previous
Cuman na nGaedhal Government's introduced "Military Tribunal" was also
"suspended," and the
"Anti - Treaty
IRA" and the "political" Saor Eire
Party
/ Republican Workers Party were now made "legal"
organizations again.
April 20th: The Fianna Fail Coalition Government introduced a "Bill" into the Irish Free State Parliament, to do away with the "Oath of Allegiance" to the British Crown, which was supported by the Irish Labour Party.
May 19th:
The
Bill
to do away with
the "Oath of Allegiance"
to the
British Crown
was"officially" now passed in
the Irish Free State Parliament.
June 6th:
J.H. Thomas,
and
Lord Hailsham the
British National Coalition Government's Minister of
War arrived in
Dublin,
to meet with
Eamonn de Valera, who was now the
Fianna Fail Coalition
Taoiseach
of the Irish Free State Government,
to sort him out over the denial of the
"Oath to the
British Crown," and the
5,000,000 pounds of
"Irish Land Annuities"
previously being paid
"Annually" by the Irish Free State Coalition Government to
the British Imperial
Government to buy back the land of
Ireland, by
the previous / Taoiseach Prime MInister
William T. Cosgrave.
June 9th: Eamonn de Valera, as the Fianna Fail Coalition Irish Free State Taoiseach, went to London to discuss these two problems with James Ramsay Mac Donald the British National Coalition Prime Minister and his Cabinet, hoping to solve both of the problems of the removal of the "Oath of Allegiance" to the British Crown, and the "Annual" payment of the Irish Land Annuities by negotiations and arbitration.
June 19th:
In the Irish Free State, the
"Anti - Treaty IRA"
under the control of
Sean Russell,
had a big
turnout of 15,000 members
attend at
Wolfe Tone's grave at
Bodenstown in Co.
Kildare in Central Southern Leinster.
(A well - educated Non - Catholic Theobold Wolfe - Tone
July 1st: In the Irish Free State, Eamonn de Valera and the Fianna Fail Coalition Government, laid claim to, "The whole of Ireland, it's islands and territorial seas," and withheld the "Irish Land Annuities" of 5,000,000 pounds a year, that was previously paid to the British Imperial Government in England, to buy back the land of Ireland.
July 11th:
The
British
Westminster Parliament's
House of Commons,"retaliated" against the
Irish Free State Fianna Fail Coalition Government's
two decisions of removing the
"Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown," and not paying the
Land Annuities for
Irish land, by allowing an extra
20 %
duty on
all
Irish "imports," although the
Irish
Land Annuities
were
actually in a
"Suspense Account"
still awaiting
"Arbitration."
July 15th:
Eamonn de Valera,
as the Fianna Fail Labour
Coalition Taoiseach of the
Irish Free State attended a meeting again with
James Ramsay Mac Donald,
the
British Labour Coalition Prime Minister, who
demanded that the
Irish Land
Annuities be handed over, and Eamonn de
Valera gave him a definite "No.
July 16th: The British National Coalition Government "increased" the duties further on Irish imports again, and the "Economic War" with the British Imperial Government was in full swing, which was to last until 1938.
July 23 rd:
The
Irish
Free State
Fianna Fail Labour Coalition
Government now
did the same
to the
British
"imports."
The
Fianna Fail
Party members, were now
completely in control
in the
Irish Free State,
and some of the "Anti - Treaty IRA"
who were now
feeling more confident, formed themselves into
an "auxiliary
police" group, who went about "disrupting" and preventing the
"political" opposition, the
Cuman na n Gaedhal Party members from holding their rallies
and also from speaking to the general
Irish population
and this basically
then forced the private
"Army Comrades Association"
to come out and implement the "National Guard" to
try and
"protect" the followers of the
Cumann na nGaedheal
Party"Opposition" from any further harassment.
September:
Eamonn de Valera, the
Fianna Fail Labour Coalition Taoiseach
of Ireland,
held meetings throughout
Ireland to explain to the
Irish population that due to the
British
Imperial Government's "increased" duties, they would have to become
more "self - sufficient"
in their own right and
provide goods mainly for
use in
Ireland
and buy
more
Irish
products.
September 9th:
John Whelan - Dulanty
the
High Commissioner for the
Irish
Fianna Fail Labour Coalition Government
in
London, presented a submission from
Eamonn de Valera
to the
British King
George
V,
to
"terminate" the appointment of
Mac Neill
as his
"representative" in the
Irish Free
State.
October: Eamonn de Valera,
also met with the
British
National Coalition Government
representative,
W.J. Thomas,
but no progress
was made, as they continued
to demand the
Irish Free State Government must accept the terms of the original
"Anglo - Irish Treaty," and also informed the
Irish Free State Government
that there was to
be no more questions about the
"Financial Settlement / Annual Annuities," no further discussions on the
"Oath of Allegiance," nor
appointment of their
British Governor General.
Joseph P. Walshe,
the
Irish
Free State Government
representative, told them
the Irish
Free State Government
was not
going to accept that, and instead he put forward the
Irish Free State
requests to
modify the "Oath,"
mitigate the
previous Annual financial burden imposed on
Ireland and the
"Treaty
Agreement" and a
November 1st:
Mac Neill
was "removed" as
the appointed British Imperial Governor General
in Ireland.
November 30th:
As there was now no British
Imperial Government
representative to sign the
Government
"Appropriation Bill" to run the
Irish Free State,
Donnell O Buckley /
Domhnall Ua Buachalla was
put forward by
Eamonn de Valera,
and he
filled in for the
British Governor General
in Ireland until
1937, representing the
British
King, while keeping a low profile.
Arthur Vincent transferred "Muckross Estate" in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province as a gift, containing 10,000 acres near Killarney Lakes, to the people of Ireland.
Lady Augusta Gregory
born in 1859 who was a a
strong supporter of the "Abbey Theatre," and
Playwright, died this year as did
In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, who were still under the control of the British Imperial Government and the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government, the German Saxe - Coburg British Prince of Wales "opened" the new "Stormont" Parliament building paid for by the British Imperial Government, and there were further "riots" in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of Ulster Province by the numerous number of the underprivileged population affected there.
Sir
James Craig
/ Lord
Craigavon
the "Official"
Unionist leader,
advised
Joseph Lyons, the
Australian
Catholic Prime Minister, "To
watch out for his Catholic population in Australia as they breed like rabbits,"
as it
never entered his head that
Joseph
Lyons could be Catholic
and hold down such an important position.