State · 1937 – present
Republic of Ireland
A state of 1937 – present — 89 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Irish Free State and followed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The atlas records 26 things within it — wars and battles 3 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · people 20. Its line of rulers holds 10 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
- Wikidata's English label: Ireland.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 89 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 10
- the president of Ireland
- Within it
- 26
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · follows · 1801 – 1927
- Irish Free State · replaces · 1922 – 1937
Rulers
The line of president of Ireland - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Hyde | 1938 – 1945 | 7 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Seán T. O'Kelly | 1945 – 1959 | 14 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Éamon de Valera | 1959 – 1973 | 14 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Erskine Hamilton Childers | 1973 – 1974 | 1 year | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | 1974 – 1976 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Patrick Hillery | 1976 – 1990 | 14 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Mary Robinson | 1990 – 1997 | 7 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Mary McAleese | 1997 – 2011 | 14 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Michael D. Higgins | 2011 – 2025 | 14 years | ending not on record | |
| Catherine Connolly | 2025 – in office | in office since 2025 | still in office |
10 rulers, 10 with terms dated as terms, covering 1938 – 2025. Median reign 14 years. 2 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Taoiseach, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Éamon de Valera | 1937 – 1948 |
| John A. Costello | 1948 – 1951 |
| Éamon de Valera | 1951 – 1954 |
| John A. Costello | 1954 – 1957 |
| Éamon de Valera | 1957 – 1959 |
| Seán Lemass | 1959 – 1966 |
| Jack Lynch | 1966 – 1973 |
| Liam Cosgrave | 1973 – 1977 |
| Jack Lynch | 1977 – 1979 |
| Charles Haughey | 1979 – 1981 |
| Garret FitzGerald | 1982 – 1987 |
| Charles Haughey | 1982 – 1982 |
| Charles Haughey | 1987 – 1992 |
| Albert Reynolds | 1992 – 1994 |
| John Bruton | 1994 – 1997 |
| Bertie Ahern | 1997 – 2008 |
| Brian Cowen | 2008 – 2011 |
| Enda Kenny | 2011 – 2017 |
| Leo Varadkar | 2017 – 2020 |
| Micheál Martin | 2020 – 2022 |
| Leo Varadkar | 2022 – 2024 |
| Simon Harris | 2024 – 2025 |
| Micheál Martin | 2025 – … |
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1937Flag of Ireland · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1945Coat of arms of Ireland · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199922 rows · 3 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Seamus Heaney · writer · 1939 – 2013
- Michael D. Higgins · ruler · 1941 – present
- Mary Robinson · ruler · 1944 – present
- Mary McAleese · ruler · 1951 – present
- Veronica Guerin · writer · 1959 – 1996
- Micheál Martin · politician · 1960 – present
- Catherine Connolly · ruler · 1955 – present
- Simon Harris · politician · 1986 – present
and 14 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20992 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland · plague · 2020
- 2023 Dublin riot · unrest · 2023
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood89 years
stood longer than 44% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 46% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record10
has more rulers on record than 80% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 23 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1927 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1982, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q27 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.