Editing Constitution of Ireland (section)

===Adoption===
{{main|Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland}}
The text of the draft constitution, with minor amendments, was approved on 14 June 1937 by Dáil Éireann (then the sole house of parliament, the Seanad having been abolished the previous year).<ref name="Constitutional Law of Ireland">{{cite book |last1=Forde |first1=Michael |last2=Leonard |first2=David |title=Constitutional Law of Ireland |date=1 July 2023 |publisher=Bloomsbury Professional |location=Dublin |isbn=9781847667380 |pages=Paras. 1.08 |edition=3rd}}</ref>

[[File:Stamp-Ireland 3d 1937 Constitution.jpg|thumb|3d denomination of the Irish Constitution [[postage stamp]] issue]]
The draft constitution was then put to a [[plebiscite]] on 1 July 1937 (the same day as the [[1937 Irish general election|1937 general election]]), when it was passed by a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]]. 56% of voters were in favour, comprising 38.6% of the whole electorate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/results/general/09dail.cfm|title=9th Dáil 1937 General Election|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=16 April 2009|archive-date=3 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603195000/http://electionsireland.org/results/general/09dail.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm|title=Dáil elections since 1918|work=ARK Northern Ireland|access-date=16 April 2009|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127122828/https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NS>{{cite book|first1=D. |last1=Nohlen |author-link1=Dieter Nohlen |first2=P |last2=Stöver |date=2010 |title=Elections in Europe: A data handbook |pages=1009–1017 |publisher=Nomos |isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The constitution came into force on 29 December 1937 and, to mark the occasion, the [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]] issued two [[commemorative stamp]]s on that date.<ref name="Constitutional Law of Ireland"/>

Among the groups who opposed the constitution were supporters of [[Fine Gael]] and the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]], [[Unionism in Ireland|Unionist]]s, and some independents and feminists. The question put to voters was ''"Do you approve of the Draft Constitution which is the subject of this plebiscite?"''.
{{Referendum
|title      = Plebiscite on the Constitution of Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.referendum.ie/archive/referendum-on-the-thirty-third-amendment-of-the-constitution-court-of-appeal-bill-2013-12-2/|title= Plebiscite (Draft Constitution) Bill, 1937|website=Referendum Returning Officer}}</ref>
|yes        = 685,105
|yespct     = 56.52
|no         = 526,945
|nopct      = 43.48
|valid      = 1,212,050
|validpct   = 90.03
|invalid    = 134,157
|invalidpct = 9.97
|total      = 1,346,207
|turnoutpct = 75.84
|electorate = 1,775,055
}}