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Thread: Best Taoiseach of Modern Times

  1. 3rd December 2011, 11:09 PM #1
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    Best Taoiseach of Modern Times

    I thought it might be an interesting exercise to ask posters which modern Taoiseach they would rate as being the best, and why.

    Lemass is my cut-off point as he left office in 1966 - difficult to view anything prior to that as being modern.

    The list below covers every subsequent holder of the office (I left BIFFO out, obviously).

    So, who was the best - and why?

    Jack Lynch
    Liam Cosgrave
    Charles Haughey
    Garret Fitzgerald
    Albert Reynolds
    John Bruton
    Bertie Ahern
    Enda Kenny

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  3. 3rd December 2011, 11:10 PM #2
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    Cant see any great leader on that list
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  4. 3rd December 2011, 11:11 PM #3
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    and where is dev?
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    It's probably Bruton, but I'm not sure why. I guess I don't know anything particularly bad about him, and the economy seemed to start picking up when he was in power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by History Student View Post
    Cant see any great leader on that list
    you beat me to it
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  7. 3rd December 2011, 11:13 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackLion View Post
    and where is dev?
    In his grave. Only going back to 1966. And I agree with History Student, no great leaders there.
    Cheer up! Things are never so bad that they can't get worse.
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    Why start such a thread so late on a Saturday night? Also, you have included 8 Taoisigh and left Cowen out. There are only 4 others. Why not include them all?

    Your thread, your rules I suppose. So I would probably go with Cosgrave. Although, as a person, Garret would be head and shoulders above them all.
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    Why leave Biffo out and put Ahern in? Ahern let Biffo run around naked as Minister for Finance and that's the reason we have such a huge deficit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by History Student View Post
    Cant see any great leader on that list
    I agree 100%

    My question was who was the best among them, that's all.

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  11. 3rd December 2011, 11:16 PM #10
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    If the best equals the most successful by their own standards, Charles Haughey and then Bertie Ahern made the most money out of politics. With the Irish Press, Dev might be up there too.
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