{"slug": "president-of-ireland", "label": "President of Ireland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ireland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213702", "qid": "Q213702", "description": "head of state of the Republic of Ireland", "entries": 12, "years": 10, "span": [1820, 2024], "span_label": ["1820 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 9}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "republic-of-ireland", "label": "Republic of Ireland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "taoiseach", "label": "Taoiseach", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "irish-free-state", "label": "Irish Free State", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Saint Cronan's Boys' National School opens in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland under the title Bray Male School. Its notable pupils will include President of Ireland Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795492#July–September", "title": "1820", "revid": 1368795492, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (Carroll Daly), 5th President of Ireland (d. 1978)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#February", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Births › February"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – The new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes \"Ireland\", and Éamon de Valera becomes the first Taoiseach (prime minister) of the new state. A Presidential Commission (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the popular election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938. The new constitution prohibits divorce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#December", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1938, "year_label": "1938 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Dr. Douglas Hyde takes office as the first President of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818751#June", "title": "1938", "revid": 1368818751, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the 4th President of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#June", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – Patrick Hillery is sworn in after being elected unopposed as the 6th President of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#December", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, the 5th President of Ireland, resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#October", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#December", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favorite Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#November", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Mary McAleese is elected the eighth President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson, the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#November", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Michael D. Higgins is elected President of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#October", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Following Leo Varadkar's resignation, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest Taoiseach after a Dáil vote of 88–69 and appointment by President Michael D. Higgins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#April", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › April"}}]}