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    Dáil Éireann

    Just curious about this. According to Sinn Féin theory, can there ever be a legitimate Dáil? I gather that your objection to the third and subsequent Dála is that the Second Dáil didn't dissolve itself. How can that ever happen, and if it can't doesn't it make your aims (in that regard anyway) irrelavent?

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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by Whig
    the Second Dáil didn't dissolve itself. How can that ever happen
    An Act of Union is one method that has been used in the past. I think you'll have a hard time selling that to the Shinners however.
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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by Whig
    Just curious about this. According to Sinn Féin theory, can there ever be a legitimate Dáil? I gather that your objection to the third and subsequent Dála is that the Second Dáil didn't dissolve itself. How can that ever happen, and if it can't doesn't it make your aims (in that regard anyway) irrelavent?
    Ah what?? Come again???

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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by Whig
    Just curious about this. According to Sinn Féin theory, can there ever be a legitimate Dáil? I gather that your objection to the third and subsequent Dála is that the Second Dáil didn't dissolve itself. How can that ever happen, and if it can't doesn't it make your aims (in that regard anyway) irrelavent?
    If you can believe that the Army Council of the IRA is the legitimate Government of Ireland you can believe anything.
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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by Whig
    Just curious about this. According to Sinn Féin theory, can there ever be a legitimate Dáil? I gather that your objection to the third and subsequent Dála is that the Second Dáil didn't dissolve itself. How can that ever happen, and if it can't doesn't it make your aims (in that regard anyway) irrelavent?
    Christ. A username 'whig', a Churchill quote and located in Trinity. This could be fairly excrutiating.

    For the record Sinn Féin recognises Leinster House as the legitimate government for this state. In fairness to yourself, we've only been stating this for decades so it might not have made it into the Hist yet.

    Republicans do not believe however that Dáil Éireann is the legitimate successor to the Dáil set up prior to the Tan War and hence maintain our political allegiance to the Proclamation and the Democratic Programme as paramount.

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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by cain1798
    For the record Sinn Féin recognises Leinster House as the legitimate government for this state.
    ..."this state" being?
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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by qtman
    Quote Originally Posted by cain1798
    For the record Sinn Féin recognises Leinster House as the legitimate government for this state.
    ..."this state" being?
    Ummm, this state? The state you and I live in?

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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by cain1798
    Quote Originally Posted by qtman
    Quote Originally Posted by cain1798
    For the record Sinn Féin recognises Leinster House as the legitimate government for this state.
    ..."this state" being?
    Ummm, this state? The state you and I live in?

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    The Republic of Ireland?
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    Re: Dáil Éireann

    Quote Originally Posted by cain1798
    For the record Sinn Féin recognises Leinster House as the legitimate government for this state....

    Republicans do not believe however that Dáil Éireann is the legitimate successor to the Dáil set up prior to the Tan War and hence maintain our political allegiance to the Proclamation and the Democratic Programme as paramount.


    Aren't these two viewpoints in direct contradiction of one another?

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