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Leaders of Ireland since 1922

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Also known as: Éire, Irish Free State
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Robert Walter Dudley Edwards
Professor of Modern Irish History, University College, Dublin, National University of Ireland, 1945–79. Author of Church and State in Tudor Ireland.
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(d. 2017) Professor of Modern History (1968-2006) and Director of Archives Acquisitions, University College Dublin, and Joint Editor, Irish Historical Studies (1976-87). Author of Idependent...
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The table provides a chronological list of the leaders of Ireland since 1922.

Leaders of Ireland since 1922
name term
William Thomas Cosgrave 1922–32
Eamon de Valera 1932–48
John Costello 1948–51
Eamon de Valera 1951–54
John Costello 1954–57
Eamon de Valera 1957–59
Sean F. Lemass 1959–66
Jack Lynch 1966–73
Liam Cosgrave 1973–77
Jack Lynch 1977–79
Charles Haughey 1979–81
Garret FitzGerald 1981–82
Charles Haughey 1982
Garret FitzGerald 1982–87
Charles Haughey 1987–92
Albert Reynolds 1992–94
John Bruton 1994–97
Bertie Ahern 1997–2008
Brian Cowen 2008–11
Enda Kenny 2011–17
Leo Varadkar 2017–20
Micheál Martin 2020–22
Leo Varadkar 2022–
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