Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains

As a republic, the Constitution of Ireland prohibits the conferral of "titles of nobility" by the Republic of Ireland, or their acceptance without permission of the Government; further, Irish chieftainships did not descend by primogeniture but by election from within kinship pools. ==History==

Courtesy recognitions On 5 October 1991, sixteen of the nineteen claimant "bloodline chiefs" were received at Áras an Uachtaráin by the President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, along with the Chief Herald of Ireland and representation from the Irish Tourist Board. Maguire of Fermanagh, retired accountant Terence Maguire, was elected chairman of the first council, Later activities As of 2006, the chair of the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains was Dr. Hugo Ricciardi O'Neill, the ostensible head of the Clandeboye O'Neill dynasty, from a branch of that family which has been in Portugal since the 18th century. The council issues an annual prize, for essay writing, in association with Trinity College Dublin. ==See also==