A Teachta Dála (Irish pronunciation: [ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə]) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament) of Ireland. The official translation of Teachta Dála is Deputy to the Dáil, a more literal translation is Assembly Delegate. In English the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural (Irish: Teachtaí Dála).
The term was first used to describe those Irish parliamentarians that were elected at the 1918 g...
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A Teachta Dála (Irish pronunciation: [ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə]) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament) of Ireland. The official translation of Teachta Dála is Deputy to the Dáil, a more literal translation is Assembly Delegate. In English the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural (Irish: Teachtaí Dála).
The term was first used to describe those Irish parliamentarians that were elected at the 1918 general election, who rather than attending the British House of Commons in London, to which they had been elected, assembled instead in Dublin's Mansion House on 21 January 1919 to create a new Irish parliament: Dáil Éireann. The term continued to be used after this "First Dáil" and was used to refer to later members of the Irish Republic's single chamber Dáil Éireann (or "Assembly of Ireland") (1919–1922), members of Dáil Éireann (or "Chamber of Deputies") of the Irish Free State (1922–1937), and Dáil Éireann (or the "House of Representatives...
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