Who was the President of the Republic of Ireland between 1959 and 1973?
History of the Republic of Ireland was drawn up by the de Valera administration. It was approved by the electorate in a plebiscite by a simple majority. On 29 December 1937 the new "Constitution of Ireland" came into effect, renaming the Irish Free State to simply "Éire" or in the English language "Ireland". The Governor-General was replaced by a President of Ireland and a new more powerful prime minister, called the "Taoiseach", came into being, while the Executive Council was renamed the "Government". Though it had a president, the new state was not a republic. The British monarch continued to reign theoretically as "King of Ireland",
National symbols of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1953 and 1973. The Republic of Ireland has no national motto. Northern Ireland has used the motto "Quis separabit?", Latin from Romans 8:35: "Quis nos separabit a caritate Christi...", "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" The motto "Hiberni Unanimes pro Deo Rege et Patria" ("The Irish United for God, King, and Country") was used by Confederate Ireland. The Society of United Irishmen (1780s–1798) used "Equality: it is new strung and shall be heard" as a motto. The northern lapwing ("Vanellus vanellus") was declared the Republic of Ireland's national bird by a committee of the Irish Wildlife