1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1990 Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1990 Mary Robinson is elected Ireland's first female President and the first from the Labour Party.
2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.