Editing Irish Republic (section)

===Heads of state and government===
Initially, partly because of the division between republicans and monarchists, the Irish Republic had no [[head of state]]. The Republic's leader was known initially as the {{lang|ga|Príomh Aire}}, literally "prime minister" but referred to in the [[wikisource:Constitution of Dáil Éireann|English version of the constitution]] as "President of the Ministry". Later the English title "[[President of Dáil Éireann]]" also came to be used for the same post, especially during President de Valera's tour of the United States. On 26 August 1921, de Valera had the Dáil appoint him to the new post of "President of the Republic", so that he would be regarded as the head of state in the forthcoming Treaty negotiations. This was to assert the claim that the negotiations were between two sovereign states (Ireland's view), and not that it was between the British government and local politicians (Britain's view). After de Valera's resignation in January 1922, his successors Griffith and Cosgrave called themselves "President of Dáil Éireann".