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Heads of State of Ireland/ Éire/ Poblacht na h'Eirean (Female
Suffrage 1918/22)
Also see Ireland Ministers
... Semi legendary Reigning Queen Macha Mong Ruad
Her name meaing "red mane", she was daughter of Áed Rúad,
and, according to medieval legend and historical tradition, the only queen in
the List of High Kings of Ireland. Her father rotated the kingship with his
cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, seven years at a time. Áed died after his third
stint as king, and when his turn came round again, she claimed the kingship.
Díthorba and Cimbáeth refused to allow a woman to take the throne, and a battle
ensued. She won, and Díthorba was killed. She won a second battle against
Díthorba's sons, who fled into the wilderness of Connacht. She married Cimbáeth,
with whom she shared the kingship. She pursued Díthorba's sons alone, disguised
as a leper, and overcame each of them in turn when they tried to have sex with
her, tied them up, and carried the three of them bodily to Ulster. The Ulstermen
wanted to have them killed, but Macha instead enslaved them and forced them to
build the stronghold of Emain Macha (Navan Fort near Armagh), to be the capital
of the Ulaid, marking out its boundaries with her brooch. She ruled together
with Cimbáeth for seven years, until he died of plague at Emain Macha, and then
a further fourteen years on her own, until she was killed by Rechtaid Rígderg.
The Lebor Gabála synchronises her reign to that of Ptolemy I Soter (323-283 BC).
The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates her reign to 468-461 BC,
the Annals of the Four Masters to 661-654 BC.
Around
year 1 Queen Medb of Connaught
1014-72 Queen Dearbforgail of
Munster and Ireland
She was daughter of King Brian Bory, her husband was king Dermont MacMilmamo of
Lienster was also king of Ireland.
1185 Lady Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough
of Leinster, Countess of Ireland
1689-94 Queen Mary of England and
Ireland
1702-14 Queen Anne of England and
Ireland
1837-1901 Victoria By the Grace of
God of the United Kingdom and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of
India
Senator 1954-57, Lord Mayor of Cork 1959-60. She lived (1899-1974)
1975-86 Member of the Council of State Siobhán McKenna
Actress.
1982-83 and 1987-89
Member
of the
The Presidential Commission
and Member of the Council of State
Trás Horan/Treasa Ui' hEoghanaín
In her capacity as President of the
Senate, she was Member of the Presidential Commission, which
steps in to perform the functions of
the President if he or she is absent, becomes incapacitated, dies, resigns, is
removed from office or fails to perform his or her functions The other members
are the Chief Justice and the Chairperson of the Dáil. If any of those
people are unable to act, the President of the High Court, the Deputy Senate
President and Deputy Dáil Speaker, can act as members instead. Any two of the
members of the Presidential Commission can perform the functions of the
President. The Presidential Commission frequently acts instead of the President
while he or she is abroad, for example, by signing Bills into law. Tras Horan was
Leas Cheann Comharlie/Deputy President of the Senád Eirean
1983-87. (b. 1930-)
1983-90 Member of the Council of State Máirín Bean Uí
Dhalaigh née Nic Dhiarmada
A
scholar of the Irish language and wife of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, who served as
President of Ireland from 1974–76. She lived (1908-1994)'
1988-90 and 2012- Member of the Council
of State Catherine McGuinness
Barrister, former Senator, judge and Supreme Court Judge (b. 1934-)
1989-90 Member of the Council of State
Gemma Hussey
Fine Gael TD and
Minister
1990-97 President Mary
Robinson/Uachtarán na hÉireann Máire Mac Roíbín (3.12-12.9)
1997- Member of the Council of State
Professor of Law since 1969, Senator 1970-90, A ssistant Secretary General and United Nations High Commissioner of
Human Rights from 1997. Mother of two
children. (b. 1944-)
1991-95 Member of
the Council of State Monica Barnes
Fine Gael TD. Resigned to make way for
Mary O'Rourke.
1991-97 Member of the Council of State Patricia O'Donovan
Trade
union barrister
1991-97 Member of the Council of State Rosemarie Smith
Irish
Farmers' Association official
1995-97 Member of the Council of State Mary O'Rourke
Former MP, Minister and Vice-Premier.
1997-2011 President Mary McAleese/Uachtarán na hÉireann Máire Pádraigín Bean Mhic Ghiolla Íosa (11.11-)
2011- Member of the
Council of State
Professor of Law, 1993-97 Prochancellor of University of Belfast, the first
person from Northern Ireland and British citizen to be elected President of
Ireland.
2004
she was returned unopposed for a second term
(b. 1951- )
1997-2004 Member of the Council of
State Christina Carney Flynn
1997-2004 Member of the Council of State Ruth Curtis
2004-11 Member of the Council of State
Anastasia Crickley
2004-11 Member of the Council of State Mary Davis
Presidential Candidate in 2011.
2004-07 Member of the Council of State
Daráine Mulvihill
2011- Member of the The Presidential Commission and Member
of the Council of State Susan Denham
High Court judge in 1991 and Judge of
the Supreme Court since 1992 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 2011.
2011- Member of the Council of State,
the Attorney General Máire Whelan
2012- Member of the Council of State Deidre Heenan
2012- Member of the Council of State
Sally Mulready
Last
update
03.10.13