Talk:Monarchy in the Irish Free State
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re a user's edits. Actually the monarch didn't merely reign 'technically but symbolically' between 1937 and 1949. He actually reigned. He
- signed treaties on behalf of the Irish state. Without his signature they were invalid.
- appointed every Irish ambassador and signed their Letters of Credence.
- accepted Letters of Credence on behalf of the Irish state (either directly from the ambassador, or indirectly via the Department of External Affairs in Dublin)
- accepted Letters of Recall.
- fulfilled other functions.
When the King was unable to sign a letter of credence for the new Irish ambassador-designate to the Papal Court in the mid 1940s Ireland was ambassadorless, and remained that way until the King was able to sign the Letter of Credence.
The King had a very direct role in the Irish state's functioning, albeit restricted to external relations, until 1 April 1949 when that role went directly to the President of Ireland. FearÉIREANN
\(caint) 00:34, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
