Dáil Éireann

[doil air-awn, -on, dol-y^uh 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

She has represented Galway West in the lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann, since 2016.

From BBC

For the Irish media, the weekend's most irresistible story concerned an accused Dublin gangster known as Gerry "The Monk" Hutch, who came startlingly close to winning a seat in Dáil Éireann, the national parliament.

From Salon

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