The Constitution of Ireland is composed of a Preamble and fifty Articles. It can only be changed by referendum (a vote of all adult citizens), and it has been changed twenty-four times since its adoption in 1937. Oddities and controversies in the constitution include:
1.The explicitly religious preamble. 2.all powers of government derive under God, from the people“ 3.The name of the State is simply Ireland 4.The Irish language is the 'first official language’.