Page "Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)" Paragraph 1

The First Dáil was replaced by the Second Dáil in 1921.

Both of these Dála existed under the law of the Irish Republic and it was the Second Dáil which narrowly ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

The status of the Third Dáil of 1922 – 1923 was different as it was also recognised by the British.

It was elected under the terms of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty as a provisional parliament to pave the way for the creation of an independent Irish state.

With the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, a new parliament called the Oireachtas was established, of which Dáil Éireann became the lower house.