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Introducing de Valera – The East Clare by-election and the rise of an Irish political leader
The East Clare by-election is remembered, a century later, because it announced Éamon de Valera’s arrival on the national stage. Looking back at it with the knowledge that he dominated Irish ...
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De Valera denies misuse of funds and says Irish-America remains united
New York, 6 July 1920 - The President of Sinn Féin, Éamon de Valera has responded to criticisms directed at him in a leading Irish-American newspaper, the Gaelic American, and he has denied that ...
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Éamon de Valera’s condolences over Adolf Hitler’s death sparked outrage as government was inundated with angry letters
Decision by then taoiseach to visit German Legation led to government being swamped with angry letters Éamon de Valera’s condolences over Adolf Hitler’s death sparked outrage as government ...
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Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death
Taoiseach Éamon de Valera’s visit to the German legation on the death of Adolf Hitler caused shock and bewilderment in Irish America. Nothing de Valera did in his long career attracted the same ...
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JFK’s four days in Ireland among happiest of his life, his father told De Valera
The father of president John F Kennedy wrote to president Éamon de Valera telling him that his son’s four days in Ireland were among the happiest of his life. President Kennedy visited Ireland ...