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==Oireachtas of the Irish Free State (1922–1937)==
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This legislature  consisted of the [[Monarchy in the Irish Free State|King]] and two chambers: the [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)|Free State Dáil]] and the [[Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)|Free State Seanad]] (Senate of Ireland). It created by the [[Irish Free State]]'s [[Irish Free State Constitution|1922 Constitution]]. The Seanad and the King's role in the Oireachtas were both abolished by constitutional amendment in 1936. The executive was answerable to Dáil Éireann, was called the [[Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Executive Council]] and was presided over by a prime minister called the [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]].

The Provisional Government under [[W. T. Cosgrave]] hired the use of the main lecture theatre of the [[Royal Dublin Society]] in its headquarters in [[Leinster House]], a formal ducal palace, to enable a formal state opening of the new two chamber Oireachtas of the new Irish Free State and the delivery of the speech from the throne by the new [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State]], [[Timothy Michael Healy|Tim Healy]] in December 1922. In 1924, the new Free State under Cosgrave bought Leinster House as a temporary seat of parliament, pending the erection or conversion of an alternative. One major contender for the location was [[Royal Hospital Kilmainham]], a former soldiers' home that ultimately became a modern art gallery.