In the Irish presidential election of what year, outgoing President Patrick Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term, though Seán MacBride, a former Nobel Peace Prize and Lenin Peace Prize winner, made it known in the newspaper that he wanted to contest the office,  an Irish government minister, a prominent international politician and a Chief of Staff of the IRA?
Irish presidential election, 1983 In the Irish presidential election of 1983 outgoing President Patrick Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term. Though former Nobel Peace Prize and Lenin Peace Prize winner Seán MacBride made it known in the "Sunday Press" newspaper that he wanted to contest the office, only Hillery was nominated and was declared re-elected without the need for a poll.
Patrick McGoldrick Patrick McGoldrick (12 August 1865 – 26 April 1939) was an Irish politician. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Donegal constituency. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was elected unopposed as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election. He was elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD at the 1923 general election. He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election.