Irish Republic (Poblacht na hÉireann) (1919 – 1922)
Heads of State of the Republic of Ireland
History
List of Heads of State of the Irish Republic
List of Presidents of Dáil Éireann (1919 – 1922)
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Sinn Féin
April 1 1919 – August 26 1921
List of Presidents of the Irish Republic (1919 – 1922)
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Sinn Féin
August 26 1921 – January 9 1922
Notes and References
Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) (1922 – 1937)
Heads of Government of the Irish Free State
History
List of Heads of Government of the Irish Free State
List of Presidents of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
March 9 1932 – December 29 1937
Notes and References
Leaders of the Opposition of the Irish Free State
History
List of Leaders of the Opposition of the Irish Free State
List of Presidents of Dáil Éireann (1919 – 1922)
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
August 11 1927 – March 9 1932
Notes and References
Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann) (1937 – present)
Heads of State of the Republic of Ireland
History
List of Heads of State of the Republic of Ireland
List of Presidents of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) (1938 – present)
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Independent
June 25 1959 – June 24 1973
Erskine Hamilton Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1905; d. November 17 1974.
Independent
June 25 1973 – November 17 1974
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1911; d. March 21 1978.
Independent
December 19 1974 – October 22 1976
Patrick John Hillery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1923; d. April 12 2008.
Independent
December 3 1976 – December 2 1990
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1944.
Independent
December 3 1990 – November 10 1997
Mary Patricia McAleese
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1951.
Independent
November 11 1997 – November 10 2011
Michael Daniel Higgins
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1941.
Independent
November 11 2011 – November 10 2025
Catherine Martina Ann Connolly
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1957.
Independent
November 11 2025 – present
Notes and References
Heads of Government of the Republic of Ireland
History
List of Heads of Government of the Republic of Ireland
List of Taoiseach
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
December 29 1937 – February 18 1948
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
June 13 1951 – June 2 1954
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
March 20 1957 – June 23 1959
Notes and References
Deputy Heads of Government of the Republic of Ireland
History
List of Deputy Heads of Government of the Republic of Ireland
List of Tánaiste
Name
Political Party
Dates
Erskine Hamilton Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1905; d. November 17 1974.
Fianna Fáil
July 2 1969 – March 14 1973
Leaders of the Opposition of the Republic of Ireland
History
List of Leaders of the Opposition of the Republic of Ireland
List of Leaders of the Opposition
Name
Political Party
Dates
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
February 18 1948 – June 13 1951
Éamon de Valera
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.
Fianna Fáil
June 2 1954 – March 20 1957
Notes and References
Heads of State of Ireland
Lordship of Ireland
Lord of Ireland
Richard III
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1452; d. August 22 1485.
House of York – Plantagenet
1483 – 1485
Henry VII
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1457; d. April 21 1509.
House of Tudor
1485 – 1509
Kingdom of Ireland
Monarch of the Kingdom of Ireland
Elizabeth I
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1533; d. March 24 1603.
House of Tudor
1558 – 1603
James I
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1566; d. March 27 1625.
House of Stuart
1603 – 1625
Charles II
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1630; d. February 6 1685.
House of Stuart
1660 – 1685
James II
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1633; d. September 16 1701.
House of Stuart
1685 – 1688
William III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1533; d. July 10 1584.
House of Orange – Nassau
1689 – 1702
Anne
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1665; d. August 1 1714.
Spouse: Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (b. May 19 1744; d. November 17 1818)
House of Stuart
1702 – 1714
George I
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1660; d. June 11 1727.
House of Hanover – Welf
1714 – 1727
George II
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1683; d. October 25 1760.
House of Hanover – Welf
1727 – 1760
George III
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1738; d. January 29 1820.
House of Hanover—Welf
1760 – 1800
Heads of Government of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Taoiseach
John Aloysius Costello
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1891; d. January 5 1976
Fine Gael
1948 – 1951
John Aloysius Costello
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1891; d. January 5 1976
Fine Gael
1954 – 1957
Leader of the Opposition
John Aloysius Costello
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1891; d. January 5 1976
Fine Gael
1951 – 1954
John Aloysius Costello
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1891; d. January 5 1976
Fine Gael
1957 – 1959