Ireland: Vacancy in the Office of Governor General: 1932

According to the Letters Patent, establishing the office of Governor-General (6 Dec 1922), Chief Justice (referred to as "Chief Judge" in the Letters Patent), Aodh Ua Cinneidigh (Hugh Kennedy), should have acted as the Officer Administering the Government during a vacancy. However, he refused to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the British monarch and engaged in a torrent of correspondence with Eamon de Valera and with King George V, suggesting at one point that the King could exercise his Constitutional functions without a Representative. De Valera attempted to have the office of Governor-General merged with that of President of the Executive Council, but when the need for a Governor-General became pressing because there were bills that required the Royal Assent de Valera gave in and advised the King to appoint a new Representative of the Crown. Domhnall Ua Buachalla (Donal Buckley) was appointed to the office on 24 Nov 1932 and was sworn in on 26 Nov 1932 at Bookerstown, Co. Dublin. Thus the office officially remained vacant, with no Officer Administering the Government, from 1 Nov 1932 to 26 Nov 1932. Information source: [1]