Editing Oireachtas (section)

==Etymology==
The word {{lang|ga|oireachtas}} comes from the [[Irish language|Irish]] word {{lang|ga|airecht}}/{{lang|ga|oireacht}} ("deliberative assembly of freemen; assembled freemen; assembly, gathering; patrimony, territory"), ultimately from the word {{lang|ga|airig}} ("freeman").<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rwRDAAAQBAJ&q=oireacht&pg=PA878|title=A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland|first1=Theodore William|last1=Moody|first2=Dáibhí Ó|last2=Cróinín|first3=Francis X.|last3=Martin|first4=Francis John|last4=Byrne|first5=Art|last5=Cosgrove|date=5 May 1976|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198217374|via=Google Books|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922130543/https://books.google.com/books?id=2rwRDAAAQBAJ&q=oireacht&pg=PA878|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first recorded use as the name of a legislative body was within the [[Irish Free State]].