Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (12 February 1911 – 21 March 1978) (pronounced 'karol o dawl-ie'. In English his name translated as Carroll O'Daly, but he was invariably called by his Irish name in both Irish and English.) served as fifth President of Ireland, from 1974 to 1976. He resigned in 1976 after a clash with the government. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...

CEARBHALL Ó DÁLAIGH 5th President of Ireland 1974-76 Rank: 5th Term of Office: 19 December 1974 - 22 October 1976 resigned after minister's criticism Number of Terms: 1 Predecessor: Erskine Hamilton Childers Successor: Patrick Hillery Date of Birth: 12 February 1911 Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland Date of Death: 21 March 1978 Place of Death: Dublin, Ireland First Lady: Mairín Bean Uí Dhálaigh Profession: Barrister, judge journalist Nominated by: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael & Labour jointly Other candidates: none

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was born in Dublin in 1911. A committed Fianna Fáil supporter who served on the party's National Executive in the 1930s, he became Ireland's youngest Attorney-General in 1946 under Taoiseach Eamon de Valera. Unsuccessful in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann elections in 1948 and 1951, he was appointed as the youngest member of the Supreme Court in 1953 by his mentor, de Valera. Less than a decade later, he became Ireland's youngest Chief Justice, when selected by then Taoiseach, Sean F. Lemass. Image from official President of Ireland website. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Erskine Hamilton Childers (November 11, 1905 - November 17, 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (the author of The Riddle of the Sands), served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. ... Dr. Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ... Bella Kocharian, Laura Bush, Liudmila Putina and Zorka Purvanova – first ladies of Armenia, the United States, Russia and Bulgaria respectively in 2003. ... Mairín Bean Uí Dhalaigh was a Gaelic scholar and the First Lady of the Republic of Ireland from 1974 to 1976, when her husband, former Attorney General and Chief Justice Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, served as President of Ireland. ... A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ... Eamon de Valera (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Éamonn de Bhailéara; October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from the United Kingdom in the early 20th Century, and the Republican anti-Treaty opposition... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Seán Francis Lemass (15 July 1899 - 11 May 1971) was Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1959 until 1966. ...

Ó Dálaigh and Mr. Justice Brian Walsh adopted a more interventionist approach to interpreting the constitution, in a manner that was occurring in the United States but previously not used in more cautious Irish law interpretation. In 1972, Taoiseach Jack Lynch suggested to the opposition parties that they agree to nominate Ó Dálaigh to become president of Ireland when President de Valera's last term ended in June of the following year. However Fine Gael, which was confident that its prospective candidate, Tom O'Higgins, would win the 1973 presidential election (he had nearly beaten de Valera in 1966) turned down the offer. Fianna Fáil's Erskine Hamilton Childers went on to win the presidential election, however. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... John (Jack) Mary Lynch (Irish name Seán Ó Loingsigh) (August 15, 1917-October 20, 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... Tom OHiggins (July 23, 1916 - February 25, 2003), was an Irish Fine Gael politician, a barrister, and a judge. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Erskine Hamilton Childers (November 11, 1905 - November 17, 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (the author of The Riddle of the Sands), served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. ...

When Ireland joined the European Economic Community, Jack Lynch appointed Ireland's Chief Justice to become Ireland's Judge on the European Court of Justice. When President Childers died suddenly in 1974, all parties agreed to nominate Ó Dálaigh for the post, earlier plans to nominate the late president's widow, Rita, having failed over a mix-up. The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... European Court of Justice The ECJ should not be mistaken for the European Court of Human Rights, a Council of Europe institution. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Ó Dálaigh proved to be a mixed success as president. While popular with Irish language enthusiasts and artists, his political naïveté (for example, giving a press briefing to international journalists in the Irish language and deciding on one state visit to speak every major European language but English) and strained relationship with the Government caused problems. His decision in 1976 to use his powers to refer a series of tough anti-terrorism Bills to the Supreme Court to test their constitutionality caused consternation to the Fine Gael-Labour National Coalition, especially as the laws had resulted from the murder of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Sir Christopher Ewart-Biggs, a short time earlier, by the Provisional IRA. Irish (Gaeilge), a Goidelic language spoken in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the USA, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland. ... Irish (Gaeilge), a Goidelic language spoken in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the USA, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Anti-terrorism is a philosophical antithesis that emerges from a thorough examining of the concept of terrorism as well as an attempt to understand and articulate what constitutes terrorism. ... Christopher Ewart-Biggs (died July 21, 1976) was the British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...

Paddy Donegan, a controversial and outspoken Minister for Defence (who was subsequently revealed to be an alcoholic, his drink problem fueling his outbursts), told an army function that the President, their Commander-in-Chief, was a "thundering disgrace" who, he implied, didn't stand behind the State in its fight with terrorism. (Perhaps inevitably, it is widely believed that the actual language used was stronger. Ó Dálaigh believed it was 'thundering bollocks and fucking disgrace', as he told guests at a dinner party subsequently. His own anger was partly due to the nature of what he believed the comments really were. However, the only journalist present on the occasion - a correspondent with the local Westmeath Examiner newspaper - insists that the words used were "thundering disgrace" and nothing else). The apologetic Donegan immediately offered his resignation, an offer he repeated subsequently. But Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave refused the offers. Cosgrave's failure to meet the President to personally apologise, following on two years in which he had failed to meet his constitutional obligation to regularly brief the President, and the manner in which his government treated the President, proved the last straw for President Ó Dálaigh. He became the first Irish president to resign. The opposition proposed outgoing EEC Commissioner Patrick Hillery for the post. Hillery served two unchallenged terms of office before retiring at the end of his second term in 1990. Paddy Donegan (October 29, 1923 - November 26, 2000) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. ... The Westmeath Examiner is the main broadsheet newspaper in Westmeath. ... Liam Cosgrave (Irish name Liam Mac Cosgair) (born April 13, 1920), served as the fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland between 1973 and 1977. ... Dr. Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Ó Dálaigh died in 1978, less than two years after resigning the presidency. He is buried in Sneem, County Kerry. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... County Kerry (Irish: Contae Chiarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ...

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh was a radical maverick, and he challenged convention as Attorney-General, Chief Justice and President with innovative ideas. His downside was his almost complete political naïveté. As Chief Justice, he got into rows about Chairman Mao and Disney's stage-Irish film, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, over which he mounted a public picket with his close friend, the actor Cyril Cusack. As President, he puzzled ordinary people with his complicated, legal-sounding speeches, his tendency to jump between languages (Irish to French to English, back to Irish with some Latin terms thrown in). Historians differ on whether to regard Ó'Dálaigh's presidency as a disaster, or a triumph destroyed by his enemies. He was undoubtedly the presidency's most intellectually brilliant office-holder, at least until the election of Mary Robinson fourteen years later. He was also undoubtedly politically naïve, something that got him into severe difficulties at key moments. In a different context, those problems could have been overcome, but if Cearbhall was the most politically naïve president, then the Government he worked with was notable for its own inability to offer him the necessary guidance to overcome those problems, with an honourable and decent taoiseach who nevertheless was, as Ó'Dálaigh himself observed, taciturn in the extreme. Mao Zedong â–¶(?) (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976; Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death. ... Jaime Batkin in the best singer in the world. ... Darby OGill and the Little People is a Disney film released in 1959 set in rural Ireland at the beginning of the 19th century. ... Cyril Cusack (November 26, 1910—October 7, 1993) was an Irish actor, born in Natal, South Africa. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Mary Robinson (Irish name Máire Bhean Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ...

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