Ireland

1949-today Republic


YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE PRIME MINISTER
1949 18 april Republic Sean Thomas O'Kelly John Aloysius Costello (I)
1951 13 june Eamon de Valera (II)
1954 2 june John Aloysius Costello (II)
1957 20 march Eamon de Valera (III)
1959 24 june Eamon de Valera Sean Francis Lemass
1966 10 november John Mary "Jack" Lynch (I)
1973 14 march Liam Cosgrave
1973 24 june Erskine Hamilton Childers
1974 19 december Cearbhall O Dalaigh
1976 3 december Patrick John Hillery
1977 5 july John Mary "Jack" Lynch (II)
1979 11 december Charles James Haughey (I)
1981 30 june Garret FitzGerald (I)
1982 9 march Charles James Haughey (II)
1982 14 december Garret FitzGerald (II)
1987 10 march Charles James Haughey (III)
1990 3 december Mary Robinson
1992 11 february Albert Reynolds
1994 15 december John Gerard Bruton
1997 26 june Patrick "Bertie" Ahern
1997 11 november Mary McAleese
2008 7 may Brian Cowen
2011 9 march Enda Kelly
2011 11 november Micheal Daniel Higgins
2017 13 june Leo Varadkar (I)
2020 27 june Micheál Martin
2022 17 december Leo Varadkar (II)
2024 17 december Simon Harris

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