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 |