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Events from the year 1959 in Ireland.
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Events from the year 1959 in Ireland.
Seán Francis Lemass was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 and 1945 to 1948, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954, 1945 to 1949 and 1932 to 1939 and Minister for Supplies from 1939 to 1945. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1924 to 1969.
There were two governments of the 16th Dáil, which was elected at the 1957 general election held on 5 March. The outgoing minority coalition government of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Clann na Talmhan had failed to be returned. The 8th government of Ireland was led by Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach, until his election as president of Ireland at the 1959 election. It lasted for 820 days from its appointment until de Valera's resignation on 17 June 1959, and continued to carry out its duties for a further 6 days until the appointment of its successor, giving a total of 826. The 9th government of Ireland was led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach and lasted for 873 days. Both were single-party Fianna Fáil governments.
The 1948 Irish general election to the 13th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 4 February following the dissolution of the 12th Dáil on 12 January 1948 by the President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in 40 constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. A revision of Dáil constituencies under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 had increased the number of seats by 9 since the previous election. The election resulted in Fianna Fáil leaving government for the first time in 16 years and the formation of the first coalition government in Ireland.
Events in the year 1967 in Ireland.
Events in the year 1966 in Ireland.
Events in the year 1965 in Ireland.
Events in the year 1964 in Ireland.
Events in the year 1963 in Ireland.
Events in the year 1960 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1958 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1954 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1953 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1951 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1947 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1946 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1945 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1944 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1939 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1932 in Ireland.
Fianna Fáil was founded on 23 March 1926 when a group of Dáil deputies led by Éamon de Valera split from the original Sinn Féin. This happened because de Valera's motion calling for elected members be allowed to take their seats in the Dáil, if and when the controversial Oath of Allegiance was removed, failed to pass at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. The new party adopted its name on 2 April of the same year. From the formation of the first Fianna Fáil government on 9 March 1932 until the 2011 general election, the party was in power for 61 of 79 years. Its longest continuous period in office was 15 years and 11 months. Its single longest period out of office, in that time, has been four years and four months. All eight of its party's leaders have served as Taoiseach. It was the largest party in Dáil Éireann at every general election from the 1932 general election until the 2011 general election, when it suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the history of the Irish state.