August 1923

Aug

An Indemnity Bill is passed by the Dáil to protect pro-Treaty forces.

Macardle (1999), pg 862

Aug-08

The Garda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act is enacted  formally creating the new force and incorporating the earlier Civic Guard.

Abbott (2000), pg 293; Durney (2011), pg 56

Aug-15

Having successfully argued for participation in the general election in the South, de Valera comes out of hiding to address a meeting in Ennis where he arrested and placed in Arbour Hill prison for over a year.

 

Macardle (1999), pgs 864-865; Ó Ruairc (2009), pg 320

Aug-27

At General Election, Cumann na nGaedheal win 63 seats; Sinn Féin 44; Independents 16; Farmers 15; Labour 14; and Independent Labour 1 seat. (Number of seats had been expanded from 128 to 153.)   About 415,00 first preference votes were given to pro-Treatyites and 286,000 to anti-Treatyites. (64% of electorate voted.)

 

O'Farrell P (1997), pg xxiv; Hopkinson (1988), pg 262; Macardle (1999), pg 865

 

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