The Oireachtas of the Irish Free State was the legislature of the Irish Free State from 1922 until 1937. It was established by the 1922 Constitution of Ireland which was based from the Anglo-Irish Tre
Leinster House, the parliament house of the Free State.
The Dáil Chamber as it currently stands. Unusually, the government sits on the Speaker's left, unlike the norm in most Westminster system parliaments, where the government sits on the speaker's right.
Buckingham Palace, official residence of the King, the third tier of the Free State Oireachtas.
The Executive Council was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. Formally, executive power was vested in the Governor-General on behalf of the King.
Executive Council of the Irish Free State pictured in 1928.
W.T. Cosgrave, first head of the Government in the Irish Free State (standing, far-right), representing the Irish Free State at the 1926 Imperial Conference in London, along with King George V and the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.