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The Irish presidential election in 1938 was the first Irish presidential election, held to fill the new office of President of Ireland.
After negotiations between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, a Fine Gael suggestion for the post endorsed by Fianna Fáil, independent Senator Douglas Hyde was nominated. Attempts by longtime Lord Mayor of Dublin Alfie Byrne to get a nomination failed (a candidate must be nominated by 20 members of the Oireachtas or by 4 local authorities). Hyde was therefore declared elected without the need for a poll.
He was inaugurated as first President of Ireland in June 1938.
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