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President
History of Ireland
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| 1878 | Parnell, Charles Stewart | |
Appointed President of the Home Rule Confederation |
1917 | Valera, Eamon de | |
Appointed President of Sinn Fein |
1918 | Valera, Eamon de | |
Appointed President of the Provisional Republican Government |
1919 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
Elected President of the IRB (and therefore, in the doctrine of that organisation, de jure President of the Irish Republic) |
1922 | Griffith, Arthur | |
Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
1938 | Hyde, Douglas | |
4th May Appointed President of Ireland |
1959 | Valera, Eamon de | |
Appointed President of Ireland, 1st term |
1966 | Valera, Eamon de | |
2nd June Appointed President of Ireland, 2nd term |
1990 | Robinson, Mary | |
7th Nov Appointed President of Ireland, the first women President of Ireland |
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