The ratification of the first Irish Constitution in 1937 called for the election of an Irish President and Senator Douglas Hyde who was seen as a person of both academic and cultural substance, was elected unopposed as an agreed candidate to represent a pluralist, non-sectarian modern Ireland.
Ukwamukelwa soMthethosisekelo lokuqala Irish e 1937 ngokuthi uma kukhethwa i uMongameli Irish futhi Senator Douglas Hyde ngubani kwabonakala umuntu kokubili imfuyo zezemfundo kanye namasiko, wakhethwa kokuphikiswa ukhetho njengelungu bavumelana ukumela zisengela, non-amahlelo Ireland yesimanje.