Seanad Eireannn.
/ˌʃanəd ˈɛːrən/, U.S. /ˌʃænəd ˈɛrən/, Irish English /ˌʃænəð ˈeːrən/ The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Frequently elliptical as Seanad.
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Seanad Eireann1922
1922 Daily Mail 4 Dec. 9 The Provisional Government will be out of office by Wednesday, and the Oireachtas, as the Free State Parliament will be known, will come into being, consisting of Seanad Eireann (Upper House), comprised of 60 senators, 30 of whom will be nominated by the Government, and the remainder by the elected deputies of the people, who will sit as a Lower House, under the name of Dail Eireann.
1923 W. B. Yeats in Senate Speeches (1961) 36 I hope I have the leave of the Seanad to use a different form of words.
1937 Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) 48 Article 18. 1 Seanad Eireann shall be composed of sixty members, of whom eleven shall be nominated members and forty-nine shall be elected members.
1962 M. Ameller Parliaments I. ii. 10 While the method of appointment of members of the Second Chamber is not altogether in keeping with ordinary democratic principles, that is offset by the fact that the powers of the Seanad are considerably curtailed.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 886/2 There are..60 members of the Seanad... The Seanad may delay..bills passed by the Dáil.
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