Editing Martial law (section)

===Ireland===
In 1916, during the [[Easter Rising]], [[Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne|Lord Wimborne]] the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], declared martial law to maintain order in the streets of [[Dublin]]. This was later extended both in duration and geographical reach to the whole of the country with the consent of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] government. Much of Ireland was declared under martial law by the British authorities during the [[Irish War of Independence]]. A large portion of Ireland was also under de facto martial law during the [[Irish Civil War]].

In late July 1921 Lord Cave ([[House of Lords]]) ruled on an appeal that:"...the military court, the validity of whose sentence was called into question, was a body possessing no statutory or common law authority...". The [[Court of Chancery (Ireland)]] also ruled that the [[Restoration of Order in Ireland Act 1920]] had superseded the power to declare martial law. Any sentences by military tribunals that were not in accordance with that Act were declared void.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Townshend |first1=Charles |date=1982 |title=Martial Law: Legal and Administrative Problems of Civil Emergency in Britain and the Empire, 1800-1940 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2638811 |journal=The Historical Journal |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=187 |doi= 10.1017/S0018246X00009900|jstor=2638811 |access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>

The current [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish Constitution]] allows for martial law if the government declares a state of emergency; however capital punishment is prohibited in all circumstances, including a state of emergency.