The Inauguration Of Ireland’s President - Uachtaran Na Heireann AKA Ireland Or Irish Story (1922)

Commentary: Sean O’Sullivan, Photography: Gordon Lewis, Produced for the Institiuid Naisiunta Na Scannan Eire - The National Film Institute of Ireland. Various Irish dignitaries including O’Kelly accompanied by priests disembark from cars and walk up the steps of Dublin cathedral. Procession of religious men. Crowds stand behind railings watching the parade. C/U of a bishop climbing steps. Religious men and dignitaries leave the cathedral - they include the Archbishop of Armargh, Archbishop of Dublin and members of the government. Dignitaries stand on steps of the building. M/S of the watching crowd. Interior of building - parade of dignitaries. O’Kelly bows to various dignitaries as he steps up on to a podium. He picks up a large document and reads from it - the declaration. Panning shot of other people at the inauguration ceremony. O’Kelly sits at a desk then signs document. Document is blotted. De Valera congratulates the President. O’Kelly makes a speech in response. Everybody stands. O