April 23. 1949 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS k THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, FOCAL EIRE BECOMES A REPUBLIC ON THE ..
... THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE EASTER RISING OF 1916 : POINT OF THE REBELLION OF THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO, AND SALUTING-BASE FOR THE MILITARY PARADE IN DUBLIN Under the Republic of Ireland Act, Eire became a Republic at midnight on Easter showing Ireland as one ...