Editing Douglas Hyde (section)

===Inauguration===
[[File:Douglas Hyde inauguration.jpg|right|thumb|Douglas Hyde (in back of car holding top hat), leaving [[Dublin Castle]] with a cavalry escort following his inauguration.]]
Hyde was inaugurated as the first President of Ireland, on 26 June 1938. ''[[The Irish Times]]'' reported it as follows:

{{blockquote|In the morning [Dr Hyde] attended a service in [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St. Patrick's Cathedral]] presided over by the [[Archbishop of Dublin]], Dr. [[John Gregg (archbishop of Armagh)|Gregg]]. Mr. de Valera and his Ministerial colleagues attended a solemn Votive Mass in the Pro-Cathedral, and there were services in the principal Presbyterian and Methodist churches, as well as in the synagogue. Dr. Hyde was installed formally in Dublin Castle, where the seals of office were handed over by the Chief Justice. Some 200 persons were present, including the heads of the Judiciary and the chief dignitaries of the Churches. After the ceremony, President Hyde drove in procession through the beflagged streets. The procession halted for two minutes outside the [[General Post Office]] to pay homage to the memory of the men who fell in the Easter Week rebellion of 1916. Large crowds lined the streets from the Castle to the Vice-Regal Lodge and the President was welcomed with bursts of cheering. He wore morning dress, but Mr. de Valera and Mr. [[Sean T. O'Kelly]], who followed Dr. Hyde in the next motor-car, wore black clothes with felt hats.

In the evening there was a ceremony in [[Dublin Castle]] which was without precedent in Irish history. Mr. and Mrs. de Valera received about 1,500 guests at a reception in honour of the President. The reception was held in St. Patrick's Hall, where the banners of the Knights of St. Patrick are still hung. The attendance included all the members of the Dail and Senate with their ladies, members of the Judiciary and the chiefs of the Civil Service, Dr. [[Paschal Robinson]], the Papal Nuncio at the head of the Diplomatic Corps, several Roman Catholic Bishops, the [[Primate of All Ireland]], the Archbishop of Dublin, the [[Bishop of Killaloe]], the heads of the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations, the Provost and Vice Provost of Trinity College, and the President of the National University. It was the most colourful event that has been held in Dublin since the inauguration of the new order in Ireland, and the gathering, representing as it did every shade of political, religious, and social opinion in Eire [Ireland], might be regarded as a microcosm of the new Ireland.<ref>''The Irish Times'', 27 June 1938.</ref>}}

Hyde set a precedent by reciting the Presidential Declaration of Office in Irish. His recitation, in Roscommon Irish, is one of a few recordings of a dialect of which Hyde was one of the last speakers. Upon inauguration, he moved into the long-vacant ''Viceregal Lodge'' in [[Phoenix Park]], since known as [[Áras an Uachtaráin]].

Hyde's selection and inauguration received worldwide media attention and was covered by newspapers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, and even Egypt.<ref name="ReferenceA">Brian Murphy in the Irish Independent; 1 October 2016 ''Hyde, Hitler and why our first president fascinated press around the world''</ref> Hitler "ordered" the Berlin newspapers "to splash" on the Irish presidential installation ceremony.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, the British government ignored the event.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The Northern Ireland Finance Minister, [[J. M. Andrews]], described Hyde's inauguration as a "slight on the King" and "a deplorable tragedy".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>