1936 AD

                                                                                                                                                "New Irish Constitution." 

1936 AD In the Irish Free State (26 Counties of the 32 Counties of Ireland) the population had increased to 2,968,420, and in the other 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial National Coalition Government, it was 1,279,745.

March 7th: The Cumann Poblachta n hEireann was now created as another "political" party by the "Anti Treaty IRA" under the leadership of Sean Russell, to contest any future elections in Ireland, with no intention of taking up any of their seats in the Irish Free State Parliament if they should be successful and the military arm of the "Anti - Treaty IRA" were to continue to also receive "arms" from their supporters among the Irish - Americans in the USA.

    Stanley Baldwin was now the British Conservative National CoalitionPrime Minister, and Eamonn de Valera the leader of the Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Free State / 26 Counties in Ireland met with his Conservative Party representative, Malcolm Mac Donald in London, on his way through there and they were to continue to meet on many such occasions for further "political" discussions on the ongoing repercussions of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" in the Ulster Province and matters of mutual interest to both Britain and Ireland.

April 29th: Many "raids" were now carried out by the Garda / Irish police on the "Anti - Treaty IRA" in the Irish Free State by the Fianna Fail Government under the leadership of  Eamonn de Valera and many of the "Anti - Treaty IRA" leaders were arrested.

May 1st: Further "Anti - Treaty IRA" arrests were made by the Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Free State / 26 Counties.

June 8th: The Irish High Commissioner for the Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Free State advised the new German Saxe - Coburg British King Edward VIII that the Irish Free State would be introducing a new Constitution in the Autumn, were they would be also "abolishing" the British Governor General previously "imposed" on Ireland and introducing their own Presiden of Ireland.

June 9th: The Fianna Fail Government now also formed a Committee to reintroduce a second chamber of Government review in the Irish Free State.

June 10th: The German Saxe - Coburg British King Edward VIII, abdicated his position.

June 11th: The Fianna Fail Irish Free State Government under Eamonn de Valera, as the Taoiseach, introduced 2 Bills into the Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly to "delete" all direct reference in the Irish Constitution to the British King and the British Governor General by 11 p.m. but despite this a continuing mention of a British King was still "retained" to act on behalf of the Saorstat Eireann under advice received from the Executive Council in the British Commonwealth, which included Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and South Africa. It was passed by 81 votes for to 5 against by the Labour Deputies as this latter provision of authorization of the British King was a simple "Statute" and was repealable at any time in the future. Eamonn de Valera was of the opinion that by continuing Ireland's association under the Commonwealth this would be a means of still having discussion with the differing British Imperial Governments in the future on the "removal" of the "artificial partition" border in Ireland.

June 18th: After the "killing" of another 3 civilians the "Anti - Treaty IRA" was declared "unlawful" by the Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly under the control of Eamonn de Valera in the Irish Free State, after they had debated the issue for 2 days and the "Anti - Treaty IRA" were now to be "forced" to go "underground" to continue on with their activities.

June 21st: The Dail Eireann / Irish Assembly in the Irish Free State (26 of the 32 Counties) under Eamonn de Valera the Taoiseach, "banned" the "Anti - Treaty IRA" Republican meeting set down for Bodenstown in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, which was to be held at the suspected burial place of Theobold Wolfe - Tone the original "founder" of the Irish Republicans.

June 30th: General Elections were conducted in the Irish Free State and the recently formed "political" parties of the Irish Republican Congress and the Cumann Poblachta na hEireann polled very "badly," while the "Anti - Treaty IRA" were to be now "weakened" further as Eamonn de Valera was to "clamp down" on them even "harder."

August: Sean Russell  the leader of the "Anti - Treaty IRA," publicly notified the newspapers in the Irish Free State that he considered Eamonn de Valera the Fianna Fail Taoiseach was now nothing but a "tool "of the British Imperial National Coalition Government, and they were still considering carrying out "bombing" attacks in England, while Tom Barry wanted to also "physically" seize one of the towns in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province to gain publicity for the cause of Irish re - unification of the 32 Counties.

    Eamonn de Valera as the Taoiseach of the Irish Free State went to Galway City in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht to unveil the statue to Patrick Conroy / Padraic O Conaire, the Irish language poet, which still can be seen in the park there. 

    Admiral Somerville was murdered.  

   Sean Mac Bride, the son of John Mac Bride and Maude Gonne Mac Bride, and the future original founder of "Amnesty International" now took up the position of the "Anti - Treaty IRA" Chief of Staff until 1938. 

   Edward V111, the German British Saxe - Coburg King had "abdicated," so Eamonn de Valera the Taoiseach in the Irish Free State recognized George V1, the 2nd son of George V, who became the new German Saxe - Coburg British King, as the head of the "Commonwealth," but "denied" his kingship over Ireland, which was now to have its own Irish President who would be "elected" every 7 years by the Irish population themselves, who would be non - political, and the Chief Executive in the Irish Free State would now actually include a Prime Minister / Priom Aire.

November: The Socialist "political" Irish Republican Congress Party and the "Communist Party" were now in "decline" in Ireland due to their lack of supporters. 

November: Civil War had begun in "Spain" in July, so Eoin O Duffy recruited 700 Irish volunteers into his 15th Bandera Brigade to go over to assist General Franco against the "Communists" there, but they were to return to Ireland after 6 months when the Irish Free State Government decided on a strict policy of "non - intervention" there.

     In the Irish Free State the Shannon Airport in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province was begun at Rineanna (The Resting Place of the Birds) on 760 acres, which was under the supervision of Brendan O Regan from Six Mile Bridge, and an Industrial Estate with 100 factories and a "Housing Estate" were begun on Drumgeely Hill / Shannon Town, which was to have a population of 10,000.            

December 11th: Eamonn de Valera the Taoiseach (leader) of the Fianna Fail Government in the Irish Free State "removed" any mention of a British Governor General from the Irish Constitution, and in retaliation by the British Imperial Coalition Government no British Ambassador was appointed to Dublin.

December 15th: The Fianna Fail Irish Free State Cabinet Committee in a goodwill gesture now decided to release the "Anti - Treaty IRA" prisoners previously sentenced by their Military Tribunal hoping that they would now "settle down" and contribute their efforts politically to the "re - unification" of Ireland instead. 

     Patrick Hogan who had been the first Irish Minister for Agriculture was "killed" in a car crash at Aughrim in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht where a monument was to be erected to his memory. 

    The construction of the Catholic Cathedral was begun at Mullingar in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster, which would be finally finished in 1939.

   In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Coalition Government and still under the control of the "Official" Unionist Party Ascendancy to further entrench their position, they introduced another "condition" that anyone holding property of 10 pound or more in "value" should have the right to have up to 6 votes, and although this was completely against any "democratic" process once again the British Imperial National Coalition Government did "nothing" about it. 

    There were now 183,461 non - Catholics still living in the Irish Free State and 428,290 Irish Catholics still existing in the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province.

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