• The 1973 Irish presidential election was held on Wednesday, 30 May 1973. The outgoing president Éamon de Valera was ineligible for re-election after serving...
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  • The 1974 Irish presidential election resulted from the sudden death in office of President Erskine H. Childers. Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was elected unopposed...
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    The 2018 Irish presidential election took place on Friday, 26 October, between 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. President Michael D. Higgins, who was elected...
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    The 1966 Irish presidential election was the fifth election in Ireland and was held on Wednesday, 1 June 1966. Incumbent president Éamon de Valera, 83...
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  • The 1976 Irish presidential election was precipitated by the resignation of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh in October 1976. Patrick Hillery was elected...
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    The 1959 Irish presidential election was held on Wednesday, 17 June 1959. Éamon de Valera, then Taoiseach, was elected as president of Ireland. A referendum...
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    Constitution of Ireland: Article 22 Oireachtas Committee report, p.21 Presidential Elections Act, 1993 Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine Irish Statute...
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  • Events in the year 1973 in Ireland. President: Éamon de Valera (until 24 June 1973) Erskine H. Childers (from 25 June 1973) Taoiseach: Jack Lynch (FF)...
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    Irish presidential election, but later being elected as an MEP for Connacht–Ulster in 1999. Scallon was again an independent candidate in the Irish 2011...
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    Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster and sociologist who has served as...
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  • Kingdoms (incorporating the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Confederate Ireland, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and the Irish Confederate Wars) took place...
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    initial favourite to win, O'Higgins lost the 1973 Irish presidential election to Erskine H. Childers. In 1973, O'Higgins became a High Court judge and the...
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    executive and the legislature. Advocates of presidential systems cite the democratic nature of presidential elections, the advantages of separation of powers...
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