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Election
History of Ireland
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| | 1917 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| July Clare Elected Member of Parliament for East Clare |
| 1918 | Collins, Michael | |
| Cork Irish Nationalist from Cork, wins a Parliamentary seat during the Easter rising |
| 1918 | Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Cork Collins is elected MP for Cork South, Sinn Fein do not take their seats in Westminster, but instead set up an Irish Parliament in Dublin |
| 1918 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Sinn Fein win 73 seats but refuse to sit at Westminster |
| 1922 | Griffith, Arthur | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| 1922 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| 1932 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| The election returns de Valera's party |
| 1933 | Valera, Eamon de | |
| Jan The election increases de Valera's support |
| 1938 | Hyde, Douglas | |
| 4th May Wins the election for President under the 1927 constitution |
| 1943 | Cosgrave, Liam | |
| Elected a Fine Gael deputy to Dil Eireann, the Irish parliament |
| 1973 | Cosgrave, Liam | |
| The general election is won by a coalition of Fine Gael and the smaller Labour Party |
| 1992 | Reynolds, Albert | |
| Nov Fianna Fail lose 9 seats but Reynolds is able to form form a coalition with Labour |
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