List of movements/Political Parties/Ireland

Parties

Parliamentary

Government

• Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach (Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party, Soldiers of Destiny/Warriors of Fál)
• Fine Gael (Family of the Irish)
• Comhaontas Glas (Green Party)

Opposition

• Sinn Fein (Ourselves)
• Páirtí an Lucht Oibre (Labour Party)
• Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta (Social Democrats)
• People Before Profit–Solidarity
• Independent Ireland
• Comhaontas Dhínit an Duine (Human Dignity Alliance, Seanad only)
• Aontú (Unity)
• Right to Change

Local Councils

• Independents 4 Change
• Rabharta (Springtide)
• Workers and Unemployed Action
• Workers' Party
• Republican Sinn Fein
• Independent Left
• Kerry Independent Alliance

Extraparliamentary

• National Party
• Fis Nua (New Vision)
• Irish Freedom Party
• Centre Party of Ireland
• Direct Democracy Ireland
• Saoradh (Liberation)
• Communist Party of Ireland
• Éirígí For A New Republic (Arise)
• Irish Republican Socialist Party
• Identity Ireland
• Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland

Historical

• Irish Patriot Party (1760s-1801)
• Repeal Association (1830-1848)
• Indepedent Irish Party (1852-1858)
• Catholic Union (1872-1876)
• Home Government Association (1870-1873)
• Irish Parliamentary Party (1874-1922)
• Home Rule League (1873-1882)
• Irish National League (1882-1900)
• Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union (1885-1891)
• Irish National Federation (1891-1900)
• Irish Socialist Republican Party (1896-1904)
• United Irish League (1898-1920s)
• All-for-Ireland League (1909-1918)
• Farmer's Party (1922-1932)
• Cummann na nGaedheal (1923-1933) (Society of the Gaels)
• Army Comrades Association (1932-1933)
• National Centre Party (1932-1933)
• Clann na Talmhan (1939-1965) (Children of the Land)
• Clann na Poblachta (1946-1964) (Children of the Republic)
• Progressive Democrats (1985-2009)

Ruling Kings and Queens of Ireland

Lords of Ireland

• John Lackland (1177-1216)
• Henry III (1216-1272)
• Edward I Longshanks (1272-1307)
• Edward II of Caernarfon (1307-1327)
• Edward III of Windsor (1327-1377)
• Richard II of Bordeaux (1377-1399)
• Robert de Vere (1386-1388.
• Henry IV of Bolingbroke (1399-1413)
• Henry V of Monmouth (1413-1422)
• Henry VI (1422-1461)
• Edward IV (1461-1470)
• Henry VI (1470-1471)
• Edward IV (1471-1483)
• Edward V (1483)
• Richard III (1483-1485)
• Henry VII (1485-1509)
• Henry VIII (1509–1542)

Ruling Kings and Queens of Ireland

• Henry VIII (1542–1547)
• Edward VI (1547–1553)
• Lady Jane Grey (1553)
• Mary I "Bloody Mary" (1553-1558)
• Elizabeth I "The Virgin Queen (1558-1603)
• James I/James VI of Scotland (1603-1625)
• Charles I (1625-1649)

First Interregnum

• Council of State (1649-1653)
• Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658)
• Richard Cromwell (1658-1659)
• Committee of Safety (1659)
• George Monck (1659-1660)

First Stuart Restoration

• Charles II (1660-1685)
• James II (1685-1688)

Second Interregnum

• Convention Parliament (1689)

Second Stuart Restoration

• Mary II (1689-1694)
• William III of Orange (1689-1702)
• Anne (1702-1707)
• George I (1714-1727)
• George II (1727-1760)
• George III (1760-1800)]]

Act of the Union 1800

• George III (1800-1820)]]
• George IV (1820-1830)
• William I] (1830-1837)
• Victoria (1837-1901)
• Edward VII (1901-1910)
• George V (1910-1922)]]

Irish Free State

• George V (1922-1936)
• Edward VIII (1936)
• George VI (1936-1949, debatably)

Head of State

Governors-General

• Tim Healy (1922-1928)
• James McNeil (1928-1932)
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla (1932-1936)

Presidents

• Douglas Hyde (Independent, 1938-1945)
• Sean T. O'Kelly ( Fianna Fáil, 1945-1959)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1959-1973)
• Erskine Hamilton Childers ( Fianna Fáil, 1973-1974)
• Cearball O Dalaigh ( Fianna Fáil, 1974-1976)
• Patrick Hillery ( Fianna Fáil, 1976-1990)
• Mary Robinson ( Labour, 1990-1997)
• Mary McAleese ( Fianna Fáil, 1997-2011)
• Michael D. Higgins ( Labour, 2011-)

Heads of Government

• Michael Collins ( Sinn Fein (Pro-Treaty), 1922)
• W.T. Cosgrave (Cumann na nGaedheal, 1922-1932)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1932-1948)
• John A. Costello ( Fine Gael, 1948-1951)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1951-1954)
• John A. Costello ( Fine Gael, 1948-1951)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1957-1959)
• Sean Lemass ( Fianna Fáil, 1959-1966)
• Jack Lynch ( Fianna Fáil, 1966-1973)
• Liam Cosgrave ( Fine Gael, 1973-1977)
• Jack Lynch ( Fianna Fáil, 1977-1979)
• Charles Haughey ( Fianna Fáil, 1979-1981)
• Garret Fitz Gerald ( Fine Gael, 1981-1982)
• Charles Haughey ( Fianna Fáil, 1982)
• Garret Fitz Gerald ( Fine Gael, 1982-1987)
• Charles Haughey ( Fianna Fáil, 1987-1992)
• Albert Reynolds ( Fianna Fáil, 1992-1994)
• John Bruton ( Fine Gael, 1994-1997)
• Bertie Ahern ( Fianna Fáil, 1997-2008)
• Brian Cowen ( Fianna Fáil, 2008-2011)
• Enda Kenny ( Fine Gael, 2011-2017)
• Leo Varadkar ( Fine Gael, 2017-2020)
• Micheál Martin ( Fianna Fáil, 2020-2022)
• Leo Varadkar ( Fine Gael, 2022-2024)
• Simon Harris( Fine Gael, 2024-)

Leaders of the Opposition

• Éamon de Valera ( Sinn Fein (Anti-Treaty), 1922)
• Thomas Johnson ( Labour, 1922-1927)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1927-1932)
• W.T. Cosgrave (Cumman na nGaedheal, 1932-1944)
• Thomas F. O'Higgins ( Fine Gael, 1944)
• Richard Mulcahy ( Fine Gael, 1944-1948)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1948-1951)
• John A. Costello ( Fine Gael, 1951-1954)
• Éamon de Valera ( Fianna Fáil, 1954-1957)
• John A. Costello ( Fine Gael, 1957-1959)
• James Dillon ( Fine Gael, 1959-1965)
• Liam Cosgrave ( Fine Gael, 1965-1973)
• Jack Lynch ( Fianna Fáil, 1973-1977)
• Garret FitzGerald ( Fine Gael, 1977-1981)
• Charles Haughey ( Fianna Fáil, 1981-1982)
• Garret FitzGerald ( Fine Gael, 1982)
• Charles Haughey ( Fianna Fáil, 1982-1987)
• Alan Dukes ( Fine Gael, 1987-1990)
• John Bruton ( Fine Gael, 1990-1994)
• Bertie Ahern ( Fianna Fáil, 1994-1997)
• John Bruton ( Fine Gael, 1997-2001)
• Micheal Noonan ( Fine Gael, 2001-2002)
• Enda Kenny ( Fine Gael, 2002-2011)
• Micheál Martin ( Fianna Fáil, 2011-2020)
• Mary Lou MacDonald ( Sinn Fein, 2020-)

Deputy Heads of Government

• Kevin O’Higgins (Cumman na nGaedheal, 1922-1927)
• Ernest Blythe (Cumman na nGaedheal, 1927-1932)
• Sean T. O'Kelly ( Fianna Fáil, 1932-1945)
• Sean Lemass ( Fianna Fáil, 1945-1948)
• William Norton ( Labour 1948-1951)
• Sean Lemass ( Fianna Fáil, 1951-1954)
• William Norton ( Labour 1954-1957)
• Sean Lemass ( Fianna Fáil, 1957-1959)
• Sean MacEntee ( Fianna Fáil, 1959-1965)
• Frank Aiken ( Fianna Fáil, 1965-1969)
• Erskine Hamilton Childers ( Fianna Fáil, 1969-1973)
• Brendan Corish ( Labour 1963-1977)
• George Colley ( Fianna Fáil, 1977-1981)
• Micheal O'Leary ( Labour 1981-1982)
• Ray MacSharry ( Fianna Fáil, 1982)
• Dick Spring ( 1982-1987)
• Peter Barry ( Fine Gael,1987)
• Brian Lenihan ( Fianna Fáil, 1987-1990)
• John Wilson ( Fianna Fáil, 1990-1993)
• Dick Spring ( Labour 1993-1994)
• Bertie Ahern ( Fianna Fáil, 1994)
• Dick Spring ( Labour 1994-1997)
• Mary Harney ( Progressive Democrats, 1997-2006)
• Micheal McDowell ( Progressive Democrats, 2006-2007)
• Brian Cowen ( Fianna Fáil, 2007-2008)
• Mary Coughlan ( Fianna Fáil, 2008-2011)
• Eamon Gilmore ( Labour 2011-2014)
• Joan Burton ( Labour 2014-2016)
• Frances Fitzgerald ( Fine Gael, 2016-2017)
• Simon Coveney ( Fine Gael, 2017-2020)
• Leo Varadkar ( Fine Gael, 2020-2022)
• Micheál Martin ( Fianna Fáil, 2022-)

Leaders of the 2nd Largest Party in Opposition

• Denis Gorey ( Farmer's, 1922-1927)
• Micheal Heffernan ( Farmer's, 1922-1927)
• Thomas Johnson ( Labour, 1922-1927)
• Thomas J. O'Connell ( Labour, 1927-1932)
• William Norton ( Labour 1932-1933)
• Frank MacDermot ( National Centre, 1933)
• William Norton ( Labour 1934-1945)
• Joseph Blowick ( Clann na Talmhan, 1945-1948)

                 Vacant 1948-1951

• William Norton ( Labour, 1951-1954)
• Sean MacBride (] Labour, 1954-1957)
• William Norton ( Labour, 1957-1960)
• Brendan Corish ( Labour, 1960-1973)

                 Vacant 1973-1977

• Frank Cluskey ( Labour, 1977-1981)

                 Vacant 1981

• Micheal O'Leary ( Labour, 1981)
• Joe Sherlock ( Workers' Party, 1981-1982)
• Micheal O'Leary ( Labour, 1982)
• Dick Spring ( Labour, 1982)
• Tomas Mac Giolla ( Workers' Party, 1982-1985)
• Desmond O'Malley Progressive Democrats, 1985-1989)
• Dick Spring ( Labour, 1989-1992)
• Desmond O'Malley ( Progressive Democrats, 1992-1993)
• Mary Harney ( Progressive Democrats, 1993-1994)
• Dick Spring ( Labour, 1994)
• Mary Harney ( Progressive Democrats, 1994-1997)
• Dick Spring ( Labour, 1997)
• Ruairi Quinn ( Labour, 1997-2002)
• Pat Rabbitte ( Labour, 2002-2007)
• Eamon Gilmore ( Labour 2007-2011)
• Gerry Adams ( Sinn Fein, 2011-2018)
• Mary Lou MacDonald ( Sinn Fein, 2018-2020)
• Alan Kelly ( Labour, 2020-2022)
• Ivana Bacik ( Labour, 2022-)