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1 giorno fa · De Valera was a commandant of Irish Volunteers at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising. He was arrested and sentenced to death, but released for a variety of reasons, including his American citizenship and the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders.
14 mag 2024 · Eamon de Valera was an Irish politician and patriot, who served as taoiseach (prime minister; 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of Ireland. An active revolutionary from 1913, he became president of Sinn Féin in 1917 and founded the Fianna Fáil party in 1926.
20 mag 2024 · Born in New York 35 years ago, De Valera’s diverse heritage and exceptional abilities set him apart as a prominent leader in Irish history. De Valera was born to Vivian De Valera, a Spaniard, and Kate Coll, from near Bruree, Co. Limerick.
17 mag 2024 · Lying alongside Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, the forgotten unionists buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. In his new book, the official guide at the famous Dublin graveyard examines the lesser...
3 giorni fa · The author argues that de Valera turned his back on soldiering in 1917, ‘because he wanted to become a politician’ (p. 53). Though strictly accurate, de Valera owed his success at the East Clare by election in 1917 to his position as the most senior surviving leader of the 1916 rising.
13 mag 2024 · De Valera had angered Churchill by refusing to join the Second World War on the side of the Allies and further enraged the Prime Minister by offering his condolences to Germany following the...
4 ore fa · There have been 138 by-elections since 1923, to fill 140 vacancies. 93 of these were caused by the death of a sitting Teachta Dála (TD). There were no by-elections during the 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 22nd, 25th and 26th Dála. The longest period without a by-election was almost 10 years between 1984 and 1994.
