36 Roman Catholics, 20 Protestants, 3 Quakers and 1 Jew.; 7 peers, a dowager countess (the Jewish Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart), 5 baronets and several knights.
Opening of Seanad Éireann on December 16, 1922, as reported in the Irish Times.
New senators (half of whom were elected by public vote) included Mrs Stopford Green and Mrs Eileen Costello (top), pictured arriving at Leinster House, where the forum sat until it was abolished in 1936.
Good, egalitarian times.
Via Irish Times archive
Thanks Sibling of Daedalus
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