Videos from the 90-year history of Dáil Éireann

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• Dáil Bonds Film 1919. Michael Collins passes bonds to a number of prominent republicans. (Video courtesy of Irish Film Archive)
  This film was shot at St Enda's, Rathfarnham in Dublin at the school founded by Patrick Pearse in 1908. The table is purportedly the block upon which Robert Emmet was executed in 1803.
• June 4th 1984: US President Ronald Reagan addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
  June 4th 1984: US President Ronald Reagan addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas
• February 26th 1988: President of the French Republic Francois Mitterrand addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
  February 26th 1988: President of the French Republic Francois Mitterrand addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas
• July 2nd 1990: The then deputy leader of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela addresses a sitting of Dáil Éireann.
  July 2nd 1990: The then deputy leader of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela addresses a sitting of Dáil Éireann
• December 1st 1995: US President Bill Clinton addresses a joint
  
  sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
  December 1st 1995: US President Bill Clinton addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas
• November 26th 1998: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
  November 26th 1998: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses a joint sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas