The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 (No. 58 of 1936) was an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). The act, which was signed into law on 12 December 1936, was one of two passed hurriedly in the aftermath of the abdication of King Edward VIII to sharply reduce the role of the Irish Free State's monarchy. It is also sometimes referred to as the External Relations Act.
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