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The office of president was established in 1937, in part as a replacement for the office of governor-general that existed during the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. The seven-year term of office of the president was inspired by that of the presidents of Weimar Germany. At the time the office was established critics warned that the post might lead ...
January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland ← 1906 15–28 January 1910 (1910-01-15 – 1910-01-28) December 1910 → 103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons First party Second party Third party Leader John Redmond Edward Carson William O'Brien Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist All-for-Ireland Leader since 1900 1910 15 January 1910 Leader's seat ...
For Monarchs of Ireland, see Monarchy of Ireland#List of monarchs of Ireland; For Presidents of Ireland, see President of Ireland#List of presidents of Ireland; For Governors-General, see Governor-General of the Irish Free State#Governors-General of the Irish Free State (1922–36)
The Irish component of the December 1910 United Kingdom general election took place between 3 and 19 December, concurrently with the polls in Great Britain. Though the national result was a deadlock between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the result in Ireland was, as was the trend by now, a large victory for the Irish Parliamentary Party.
8 January – Sinéad Flanagan married future Irish president Éamon de Valera in Dublin. 21 February – Irish Unionist members of the Westminster Parliament elected Sir Edward Carson as party leader, replacing Walter Long. 23 February – St Patrick's College, Maynooth, became a recognised college of the National University of Ireland.
This is a list of records relating to the Oireachtas, the national parliament of Ireland, which consists of the President of Ireland, and two Houses, Dáil Éireann, a house of representatives whose members are known as Teachtaí Dála or TDs, and Seanad Éireann, a senate whose members are known as senators.
While both Irish and British citizens resident in the state may vote in Dáil elections, only Irish citizens, who must be at least eighteen years of age, may vote in the election of the President. The presidency is open to all citizens of the state who are at least 35. A candidate must be nominated by one of the following:
This is a list of public-representative office-holders in Ireland.It includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as offices within the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1542), the Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) and for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).