History

Bandeira da Irlanda

      On December 29, 1937, Ireland became the successor State of the Irish Free State, established on December 6, 1922. Ireland was one of the poorest countries of Western Europe and had high emigration. The protectionist economy began in the 1950s and Ireland joined the European Community (now renamed the later European Union) in 1973. An economic crisis led Ireland to start a large-scale economic reforms in the late 1980s. Ireland has dramatically reduced taxation and regulation, in comparison with other EU countries.The law was intended primarily to declare that Ireland was a republic rather than a constitutional monarchy.Ireland is the successor to the Irish Free State. This area had been completed when the entire island of Ireland split from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on December 6, 1922.However, the next day, parliament of Northern Ireland has exercised its right under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and again chose to belong to the UK.The Irish independence from Britain in 1922 was preceded by the War of Independence and the Easter Uprising of 1916, when Irish volunteers and members of the Army Civilian Irish took the lead of places in Dublin and GalwayOn December 29, 1937, a new Constitution, the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland (Irish: Bunreacht na hÉireann), entered into force. It replaced the Irish Free State Constitution and created a new state called simply "Éire", or, in English, "Ireland." The former Free State Government has taken steps to formally abolish the Office of Governor-General a few months before the new Constitution comes into force.