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President of Ireland

head of state of the Republic of Ireland

12 dated entries naming President of Ireland, drawn from 10 separate years between 1820 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1820July 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.source

20th century

  • 1911February 12 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (Carroll Daly), 5th President of Ireland (d. 1978)source
  • 1937December 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.source
  • 1938June 25 – Dr. Douglas Hyde takes office as the first President of Ireland.source
  • 1973June 25 – Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the 4th President of Ireland.source
  • 1976December 3 – Patrick Hillery is sworn in after being elected unopposed as the 6th President of Ireland.source
  • 1976October 22 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, the 5th President of Ireland, resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.source
  • 1990December 3 – Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.source
  • 1990November 7 – Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favorite Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of Ireland.source
  • 1997November 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.source

21st century

  • 2011October 29 – Michael D. Higgins is elected President of Ireland.source
  • 2024April 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.source

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