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| | Dil ireann |
 | | The first Dil was constituted in Dublin on January 21, 1919, after the republican Sinn Fin movement had won 73 of Ireland's 105 seats in the British House of Commons in the previous month's general election. |
| | Anyone who is a citizen of Ireland and over 21 years of age is eligible to run for election as a TD but, as with most democracies, Irish elections tend to have many candidates running for the limited number of seats. |
| | The Irish constitution provides that there must cannot be more than one TD for every 20,000 people, or less than one for every 30,000. |
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