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The Official Seal of the President of Ireland (Irish: Séala Oifigiúil Uachtarán na hÉireann) was presented to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde and every subsequent president, to be affixed to every "...order, commission, warrant, or other instrument..."1 which the president has witnessed. A serving president has custody of the official seal, but if his powers are being carried out by the Presidential Commission, then that body has custody of the official seal.

The official seal has the word "Éire" in Gaelic script, and uses the modified harp that is used as the official state symbol on coins and documents of the Republic of Ireland. The official seal is similar to the design of the Great Seal of the Irish Free State which was itself under the custody of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State.

Currently used by President Mary McAleese

See also

External links

1. Presidential Seal Act, 1937

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Presidents of Ireland
Uachtarin na hireann
Douglas Hyde Sen T. O'Kelly amon de Valera Erskine H. Childers Cearbhall Dlaigh Patrick Hillery Mary Robinson Mary McAleese
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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
European Union
Regulated by: Foras na Gaeilge
Language codes
ISO 639-1: ga
ISO 639-2: gle
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President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) [uːəxt̪ˠəɾaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland.
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Douglas Hyde (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde) (17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949) was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945.
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Republic of Ireland

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Ireland

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  • Referendum
  • Oireachtas

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Erie, q.v.
Éire (pronounced [ˈeːrʲə]) is the Irish (Gaeilge) name of the island called Ireland in the English language.
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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
European Union
Regulated by: Foras na Gaeilge
Language codes
ISO 639-1: ga
ISO 639-2: gle
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Anthem
Amhrán na bhFiann  
The Soldier's Song


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The Great Seal of the Irish Free State (Irish: Séala Mor do Shaorstát Éireann) was the official seal which replaced the Great Seal of the Realm used to seal official documents of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) by the Governor-General.
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The Governor-General (Irish: Seanascal) was the representative of the King in the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. Until 1927 he was also the agent of the British government in the Irish state. By convention the office of Governor-General was largely ceremonial.
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Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: Máire Pádraigín Bean Mhic Ghiolla Íosa [1] ; born 27 June, 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland.
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The coat of arms of Ireland is blazoned as azure a harp or, stringed argent - a gold harp with silver strings on a blue background. The harp has long been Ireland's heraldic emblem. The harp shown appears to be a Gaelic harp.
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President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) [uːəxt̪ˠəɾaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland.
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Douglas Hyde (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde) (17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949) was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945.
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Erskine Hamilton Childers (Irish: Earchta Ó Slatiascaigh; 11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (author of the espionage thriller The Riddle of the Sands
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Patrick John Hillery (Irish: Pádraig Seán Ó hIrighile; born 2 May, 1923) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990.
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Mary Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; [1] born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002.
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Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: Máire Pádraigín Bean Mhic Ghiolla Íosa [1] ; born 27 June, 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland.
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