Weatherday: 'We are now done with England ... the great deed is done'
Light rain showers this morning will dry up. It will remain cloudy, though, with rain returning from late afternoon.
Light northerly breezes, highest temperature 14deg.
On this day in 1919, Dail Eireann met for the first time and elected Eamon de Valera as President of Ireland.
Headline: words of Cathal Brugha, first Speaker of the Dail, following the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
