opening words of Ireland's superseding constitution of 1937 were "In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred", and there was no mention in it of the king or monarch; the External Relations Act, the only Irish law referring to the monarch still in force after 1936, called him "the king recognised by those nations [of the British Commonwealth] as the symbol of their co-operation." Despite the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act, "Great Britain, Ireland" was not officially omitted from the royal title until 1953. Then, each Commonwealth realm adopted a unique title for the monarch. No mention of Ireland was made in any except in the title within the United Kingdom and its dependent territories: it was changed from "of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen" to "of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen". See also Monarchy in Ireland Politics of the Republic of Ireland History of the Republic of Ireland "His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State" References Sources Citations Heads of state of Ireland History of the Republic of Ireland Monarchy in the Irish Free State Politics of the Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations Ireland–United Kingdom relations