In 1938, Dr. Douglas Hyde became the first president of Ireland under its new constitution.
Mary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Our roster also includes incumbents, such as President Mary McAleese of Ireland, President Tarja Halonen of Finland and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia, whose term is up next year but who is rumored to be a potential successor to Kofi Annan as head of the United Nations.
Also conferred with the degree at the same ceremony was Republic of Ireland President, Mary MacAleese.
One of Dr Browne's last observations on the shame of emigration consisted of a swipe at Mary Robinson, Ireland's president, for putting a lamp in her window as a reminder of those forced to leave Ireland in search of work.
Meanwhile, the president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Reverend Jim Rea, who is also a minister in Portadown, has said the Grand Orange Lodge should support the Portadown Orangemen in their efforts to resolve the impasse.
On Wednesday the President will meet with the Taoiseach of Ireland, Brian Cowen, at the White House.
Also, to brief the President on opportunities in respect of Northern Ireland, immigration -- undocumented Irish -- and, of course, the general perspectives both for the world economy.
And now it's my privilege, on behalf of Ireland, to present President Obama with the traditional Bowl of Shamrock.
Damon Ennis, vice president of product management, was born in Northern Ireland and holds 5 patents, including one for Silver Peak.
Ireland's head of state President Michael D Higgins and Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson will also be there.
The second meeting of note was President Bushs summit with EU leaders in Ireland.
Branagh spent his early years in Northern Ireland, where he is now honorary President of NICVA supporting all the organisations in the voluntary and community sector.
"It was a very successful trip from their perspective and there's obviously tremendous interest in what's happening on the island of Ireland because prior to that, the incoming president arrived in Dublin and both Peter and I were invited to meet with him in Dublin, " he said.
And I can assure you, Mr. President, that this visit will be rapturously received by the people of Ireland.
Separately, Samsung's mobile president said it is still investigating the explosion of a Galaxy S III in Ireland.
He said he expected the negotiations to intensify by the end of the week, when President Bush's special adviser on Northern Ireland, Richard Haass, will meet political leaders in Belfast, Dublin and London.
Mr Clinton's second visit to Northern Ireland, following the dissident republican bombing of Omagh, came as the president was facing increasing domestic pressures at home.
And, of course, there is a standing open invitation to President Obama to come back to Ireland whenever is convenient and appropriate and when he so wishes.
Noting one example of this progress, President Obama mentioned a deal to sell American-made planes to Ireland that will help businesses here in the U.S create jobs.
On Tuesday, the Sinn Fein president unveiled a monument in Havana in memory of the 10 republican prison hunger-strikers who died in Northern Ireland in 1981.
President Obama and the First Lady will welcome Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and his wife, Samantha Cameron, to the White House for an Official Visit with a State Dinner on March 13-14, 2012.
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