Dáil Éireann

[ doil air-awn, -on; Irish dol-yuh ey-ryuhn ]

noun

1. the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

Dáil Éireann

/ ˈdaːl ˈeːrɪn /

noun

1. (in the Republic of Ireland) the lower chamber of parliament See also Oireachtas

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dáil Éireann¹

< Irish: assembly of Eire

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dáil Éireann¹

from Irish dáil assembly (from Old Irish dāl ) + Éireann of Eire

Example Sentences

He became a councillor aged 24 and, in 2007, he was elected to the Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann.

From BBC

De Valera did not attend the eight-week treaty negotiations, even though he was the senior Sinn Féin figure at the time and was president of Dáil Éireann, the Dublin parliament set up in defiance of British rule in 1919.

From BBC

“It is surely not too much to ask for the UK to implement the withdrawal agreement which it agreed to,” he told the Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s lower house of parliament.

From The Guardian

The agency has created a behind-the-scenes film about the TV series but was “selective” in its use of clips, Brendan Griffin, the tourism minister, told Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament, this week.

From The Guardian

The 8 February general election turned the 160-seat Dáil Éireann into a Rubik’s Cube.

From The Guardian