Since the formation of the first Fianna Fáil government on 9 March 1932, the party has been in power for 61 of the last 79 years.

When Éamon de Valera led Fianna Fáil to victory in the Irish Free State election of 1932, he began removing the monarchical elements of the constitution, beginning with the Oath of Allegiance.

In 1926, he founded Fianna Fáil, and was head of government ( President of the Executive Council, later Taoiseach ) from 1932 to 1948, 1951 to 1954, and 1957 to 1959, when he resigned after being elected as President of Ireland.

* Fianna Fáil under Éamon de Valera ( 1932 – 37 )

In an era when democratic governments formed in the aftermath of the First World War were moving away from democracy and towards dictatorships, the Free State under Cosgrave remained unambiguously democratic, a fact shown by his handing over of power to his one-time friend, then rival, Éamon de Valera, when de Valera's Fianna Fáil won the 1932 general election, in the process killing off talk within the Irish Army of staging a coup to keep Cosgrave in power and de Valera out of it.

Costello lost his position as Attorney-General when Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932.

In 1932, many young republicans switched allegiance from the republican movement to Fianna Fáil.

In 1932, Fianna Fáil won power in the Free State, remaining in government for 16 uninterrupted years.

He joined Fianna Fáil on its foundation in 1926 and was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Kildare constituency at the June 1927 general election, only to lose that seat in the 1932 general election, which Fianna Fáil won.

Nonetheless it came as a surprise when Cumann na nGaedheal was defeated by Fianna Fáil in the general election of February 1932, winning only 57 seats to Fianna Fáil's 72.

In 1932 they were elected into power as the Fianna Fáil party.

They formed the government of the state until 1932, when they peacefully handed over power to the anti-Treaty faction in Fianna Fáil, who defeated them in an election.

Fianna Fáil won the 1932 election on a programme of developing Irish industry, creating jobs, providing more social services and cutting the remaining links with the British Empire.

In 1932, after Éamon de Valera and Fianna Fáil's victory in the general election, the 1922 Irish Free State constitution was amended through a series of legislative changes, was subsequently replaced with a new constitution.

In 1932 the Labour Party supported Éamon de Valera's first Fianna Fáil government, which had proposed a programme of social reform with which the party was in sympathy.

Following the 1932 general election Fianna Fáil came to power and Ryan was appointed Minister for Agriculture, a position he would continuously hold for fifteen years.

He was a member of every Fianna Fáil cabinet from 1932 to April 1965.

In 1932 Fianna Fáil came to power for the very first time, with MacEntee becoming Minister for Finance.

Following the 1932 general election Fianna Fáil formed a new government.

This was due to the retirement of his father who had served in every Fianna Fáil government since 1932.

The true reason, however, appears to have been the new government's discovery that in 1932, O ' Duffy's was one of the voices urging W. T. Cosgrave to resort to a military coup rather than to turn over power to the incoming Fianna Fáil administration.

The Army Comrades Association was formed in February 1932, to promote the interests of ex-National Army members, to defend conservative interests and to halt what they perceived as an emerging threat coming from their political opponents, the Irish Republican Army and Fianna Fáil.

When the Fianna Fáil government came to power in 1932 Andrews was put in charge of turf development.

The period of steady economic recovery came to an abrupt halt in 1932 as the country entered another devastating war.

The criteria were announced in a War Department circular dated February 22, 1932 and authorized award to soldiers, upon their request, who had been awarded the Meritorious Service Citation Certificate, Army Wound Ribbon, or were authorized to wear Wound Chevrons subsequent to April 5, 1917, the day before the United States entered World War I.

In 1932, he entered Vienna University, where he, in his own words, " wasted five semesters in an exacting course of inorganic analysis ".

In 1932 he entered Penn State, majoring in English.

He applied, passed all of the entrance exams, and entered as a cadet in 1932.

Women's initially competed in the 80 metres hurdles event, which entered the Olympic programme in 1932.

Known as frère Philippe ( Brother Philippe ), he entered the monastery of Crest in 1932, where he lived seven years.

Beginning in 1932, he entered the Mexican film industry and became a prominent film composer until his death.

Then, on March 1932, he entered the Institute of Military Mechanical Engineering in Leningrad from where he graduated in 1934.

Fine won the U. S. Open Chess Championship all seven times he entered ( 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941 ); this is a record for that event.

Both of these ships had entered service by 1932 ; they were the last liners White Star built.

He entered General Weygand's headquarters in 1932.

He entered on April 8, 1932 and graduated on March 25, 1937, after five years of study.

Mary's illustrations of tools for Dorothy drew the attention of Gertrude Caton-Thompson, and in late 1932 she entered the field as an illustrator for Caton-Thompson's book, The Desert Fayoum.

While the original subway tunnel had been finished to just north of the present-day Lombard-South station, service to the Walnut-Locust station did not begin until 1930 ; the Lombard-South station entered service in 1932.

Teams from six countries entered the Challenge in 1932: Germany ( 15 crews ), France ( 8 crews ), Italy ( 8 crews ), Poland ( 5 crews ), Czechoslovakia ( 4 crews ) and Switzerland ( 2 crews ).

He entered the top makuuchi division at the beginning of 1932.

The Wisconsin Central entered receivership in 1932, declared bankruptcy in 1944, and finally re-emerged from administration in 1954 as the Wisconsin Central Railroad.

From 1932 until 1958 two of the rail tracks designed for the bridge were used by trams, the latter being diverted onto Blue St just before they would have entered North Sydney Station.

It then quickly entered in the competitions of the local league called Liga Deportiva del Sur, and won the championships of 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1977 and 1999.

In 1932 he entered the Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and subsequently served as Secretary of State for Scotland and Minister of Health.

In 1932, he attended the Gunnery School in Washington, Connecticut, and in 1933, entered Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1935.

The United States entered World War II with the same Administration that had been at the helm of the nation since 1932, that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Driving the automobiles of more than one manufacturer, Luigi Chinetti competed in every Le Mans motorsport race held between 1932 and 1953 and, he also entered an automobile in the 1954 race, although he was not a driver.