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Éamon de Valera (/ ˈ eɪ m ən ˌ d ɛ v ə ˈ l ɛər ə,-ˈ l ɪər-/, Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ dʲɛ ˈwalʲəɾʲə]; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an Irish statesman and political leader.
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3 days ago · Eamon de Valera (born Oct. 14, 1882, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 29, 1975, Dublin, Ire.) 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 ...
De Valera was a leader in the 1916 Easter Rising which proclaimed an Irish republic. Arrested, he was saved from a death sentence because of his American birth and instead received a prison...
Eamon de Valera, orig. Edward de Valera, (born Oct. 14, 1882, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 29, 1975, Dublin, Ire.), Irish politician and patriot. Born in the U.S. to a Spanish father and an Irish mother, at age two he was sent to live with his mother’s family in Ireland when his father died.
Learn about the life and achievements of Eamon De Valera, who served as President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973. He was a leader of the Irish independence movement, a founder of Fianna Fáil, and a prominent figure in the League of Nations.
Learn about the life and career of Eamon de Valera, the dominant political figure in twentieth century Ireland. He was a leader of the Easter Rising, a founder of Fianna Fail, and a President of Ireland twice.
Summary of Eamon de Valera. De Valera’s career spanned the dramatic period of Ireland’s modern cultural and national revolution. As an anticolonial leader, a skillful constitutionalist, and a symbol of national liberation, de Valera dominated Ireland in the half century following the country’s independence. Denis Rolleston Gwynn.
