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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

9.9
Lower house of the national parliament of Ireland made of elected members
  • noun
  • Irish
: Dáil Éireann
  • The Sinn Féin members of parliament refused to take their seats in Westminster, choosing instead to establish their own parliament, the Dáil Éireann, in Dublin.

Examples

  • Many citizens participate in the elections to choose their representatives in the Dáil Éireann.

  • The representatives gathered to debate important issues in the Dáil Éireann yesterday.

  • That may get a few laughs in the back benches of Dáil Éireann.

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  • The budget proposal was submitted for discussion during the session of Dáil Éireann.

Synonyms

Dail
vsDáil Éireann
1 9.0

The lower house of Ireland's parliament where elected members meet

is the full official name referencing the Republic of Ireland
Dáil
vsDáil Éireann
  • Irish
9.9

The lower house of Ireland's parliament that makes laws

is the institutional name focusing on its status as the lower house

Surface Forms

Dáil Éireann singular

Morphology

Dáil + Éireann

This is a compositional Irish proper name: 'Dáil' denotes an assembly/lower house and 'Éireann' is the genitive 'of Ireland', so together they mean 'assembly/House of Ireland' (i.e. the lower house). Although 'Éireann' is not given in the dictionary entry, if a B1 learner knows both constituents the overall meaning is directly predictable from the parts.

Etymology

The name Dáil Éireann comes from Irish words: Dáil means 'assembly' and Éireann means 'of Ireland'. The name was chosen for the new Irish parliament in 1919 to show it was Ireland's own assembly, so today Dáil Éireann means 'the lower house of Ireland's parliament'.