The majority class of peasants would rarely if ever hear the English language as their only interaction with the English state was through their lords with whom they shared a common Irish language.
What should have been a relatively straightforward approach to forming a new government has since spiralled into a legal dilemma for the incoming Dáil, which shows the cracks forming within the Irish ...
The Student Union has been in conflict with their own constitution for a while, but finally they wish to conform back to the rule of law. Ironically, by changing the law.