Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the official representative of the sovereign of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. By convention, the Office of Governor-General was largely ceremonial. Nonetheless, it was controversial, as many nationalists saw it as offensive to republican principles and a symbol of continued Irish subservience to the United Kingdom, despite the governor-general having no connection to the British government after 1931. For this reason, the office's role was diminished over time by nationalist prime ministers and legislators.The 1931 enactment in London of the Statute of Westminster gave the Irish Free State's full legislative independence. However, the Irish considered that full legislative independence had been achieved in 1922. The role of governor-general in the Irish Free State was officially abolished on the 11 December 1936, at the time of Edward VIII's abdication as king of the United Kingdom and all the Dominions.. }
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- Governor-General_of_the_Irish_Free_State abstract "The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the official representative of the sovereign of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. By convention, the Office of Governor-General was largely ceremonial. Nonetheless, it was controversial, as many nationalists saw it as offensive to republican principles and a symbol of continued Irish subservience to the United Kingdom, despite the governor-general having no connection to the British government after 1931. For this reason, the office's role was diminished over time by nationalist prime ministers and legislators.The 1931 enactment in London of the Statute of Westminster gave the Irish Free State's full legislative independence. However, the Irish considered that full legislative independence had been achieved in 1922. The role of governor-general in the Irish Free State was officially abolished on the 11 December 1936, at the time of Edward VIII's abdication as king of the United Kingdom and all the Dominions.".