With only the four Unionist MPs (all representing graduates of the Irish Universities) and 15 appointed senators turning up for the state opening of the Parliament of Southern Ireland at the Royal College of Science in Dublin (now Government Buildings) in June 1921, the new legislature was suspended.
Da kun fire unionistiske parlamentsmedlemmer (alle valgt på de stærkt pro-engelske universiteter) og 15 udpegede senatorer dukkede op ved den officielle indvielse af det sydirske parlament på Dublins Royal College of Science i juni 1921, blev den ny forsamling ophævet.