List of Irish constitutional conventions
Several constitutional conventions have considered or proposed constitutions for the island of Ireland or for one of its two jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
| Body | Members | Authority | When met | Territory | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Convention | Appointed, nominated | British government | 1917–18 | Whole island | Failed to agree on a replacement for the Government of Ireland Act 1914. |
| First Dáil | Elected | Self-appointed | 1919–21 | Whole island | Produced a brief Dáil Constitution and aspirational Democratic Programme for its self-proclaimed Irish Republic |
| Third Dáil sitting as a constituent assembly | Elected | Anglo-Irish Treaty | 1922 | Irish Free State | Enacted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, which had been drafted by a committee appointed by the Provisional Government, and which was then re-enacted at Westminster via the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 |
| 8th Dáil | Elected | Irish Free State | 1937 | State of Ireland | Passed the Constitution of Ireland, which had been drafted by a committee appointed by the Taoiseach, and which was then adopted by plebiscite |
| Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention | Elected | British government | 1975–76 | Northern Ireland | An elected consultative body envisaged as a prelude to devolution, which was dissolved after Unionist and Nationalist members failed to reach any agreement. |
| New Ireland Forum | Appointed (Chair), nominated | Irish government | 1983–84 | Whole island | Established by the Dublin government to consider possible constitutional arrangements in view of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. |
| Northern Ireland Forum | Elected | British government | 1996–98 | Northern Ireland | Played a subsidiary role in the Northern Ireland peace process, as Sinn Féin boycotted the Forum but not the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement |
| Constitutional Convention | Appointed (Chair), nominated (33), randomly selected (66) | Irish government | 2012–14 | State of Ireland | To consider specified proposed amendments to the existing Constitution. |
- Notes
- After enacting the constitution, the Third Dáil continued as a provisional parliament and then as the first Free State Dáil until the 1923 election.
- The state's territory was technically the whole island till the Parliament of Northern Ireland formally opted out. The Provisional Parliament's members represented only the territory of Southern Ireland.
- See also legality of the enactment of the Constitution of Ireland
- The 8th Dáil was elected in 1933, but the Constitution was not considered by it till March 1937
- Article 2 of the new constitution claimed the whole island as the national territory (though not the state jurisdiction) until a 1999 amendment
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