LIST OF IRISH PRESIDENTS SINCE 1937
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SINCE 1937:
1938-1945: DUBHGHLAS DE HÍDE (DOUGLAS HYDE)
Born in 1860 in Castlerea.
Elected President in 1938.
Died in 1949 in Dublin.
Buried in Portahard Churchyard, Co. Roscommon.
1945-1959: SEÁN TOMÁS Ó CEALLAIGH (SEÁN THOMAS O'KELLY)
Born in 1882 in Dublin.
Elected President in 1945, reelected in 1952.
Died in 1966 in Dublin.
Buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
President Éamon de Valera
1959-1973: ÉAMON DE VALERA (GEORGE DE VALERA)
Born in 1882 in New York, USA to Juan Vivion de Valera and Catherine Coll.
Elected President in 1959, reelected in 1966.
Died in 1975 in Dublin.
Buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
1973-1974: ERSKINE CHILDERS
Born in 1905 in London, England.
Elected President in 1973.
Died in 1974 in Dublin.
Buried in the grounds of Derralossary Church in Roundwood, Co. Wicklow.
1974-1976: CEARBHALL Ó DÁLAIGH
Born in 1911 in Bray.
Elected President in 1974, resigned in 1976.
Died in 1978 in Dublin.
Buried in the cemetery in Sneem, Co. Kerry.
1976-1990: PÁDRAIG SEÁN Ó HIRIGHILE (PATRICK HILLERY)
Born in 1923 in Spanish Point, Co. Clare.
Elected President in 1976, reelected in 1983.
Died in 2008 in Dublin.
Buried in Saint Fintan's Cemetery in Sutton near Dublin.
1990-1997: MÁIRE MHIC RÓIBÍN (MARY ROBINSON)
Born in 1944 in Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Elected President in 1990.
1997-2011: MÁIRE MHIC GHIOLLA ÍOSA (MARY MCALEESE)
Born in 1951 in Belfast.
Elected President in 1997, reelected in 2004.
FROM 2011: MÍCHÉAL Ó HUIGINN (MICHAEL D. HIGGINS)
Born in 1941 in Limerick.
Elected President in 2011.
RESIDENCES AND BURIAL PLACES OF IRISH PRESIDENTS SINCE 1937
RESIDENCES OF IRISH PRESIDENTS
(Only the most important and still existing residences are listed)
DUBLIN (Baile Átha Cliath):
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE (Áras an Uachtaráin) - the official residence of Irish presidents since 1938, formerly the Viceregal Logde.
BURIAL PLACES OF IRISH PRESIDENTS
DUBLIN, GLASNEVIN CEMETERY (Baile Átha Cliath, Reilig Ghlas Naíon, Finglas Rd.):
01. President Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh (Seán Thomas O'Kelly; +1966)
02. President Éamon de Valera (+1975)
The grave of President Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
ROSCOMMON, PORTAHARD CHURCHYARD (Ros Comáin, Reilig, Athlone Road):
President Dubhghlas de hÍde (Douglas Hyde; +1949)
ROUNDWOOD, GROUNDS OF DERRALOSSARY CHURCH (An Tóchar):
President Erskine Childers (+1974)
SNEEM, CEMETERY (An tSnaidhm, Reilig):
President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (+1978)
SUTTON NEAR DUBLIN, SAINT FINTAN'S CEMETERY (Cill Fhionntáin, Reilig, Carrickbrack Rd.):
President Pádraig Seán Ó hIrighile (Patrick Hillery; +2008)
STANDARD OF IRISH PRESIDENTS
Irish presidential standard from 1945
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND FROM 1937:
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