Page "British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland" Paragraph 3

According to Article 3 of the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State, " Every person, without distinction of sex, domiciled in the area of the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State ( Saorstát Eireann ) at the time of the coming into operation of this Constitution who was born in Ireland or either of whose parents was born in Ireland or who has been ordinarily resident in the area of the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State ( Saorstát Eireann ) for not less than seven years, is a citizen of the Irish Free State ( Saorstát Eireann ) and shall within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State ( Saorstát Eireann ) enjoy the privileges and be subject to the obligations of such citizenship [...]".

The same Article also stated that " the conditions governing the future acquisition and termination of citizenship in the Irish Free State " were to be " determined by law ".