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The Ireland That We Dreamed Of. "On Language & the Irish Nation" was the title of a radio address made by Éamon de Valera, then Taoiseach of Ireland, on Raidió Éireann on St. Patrick's Day (17 March) 1943.
Oct 14, 2019 · Eamon de Valera: 'The Ireland that we dreamed of', St Patrick's Day broadcast - 1943. 17 March 1943, RTE studios, Dublin, Ireland. The ideal Ireland that we would have, the Ireland that we dreamed of, would be the home of a people who valued material wealth only as a basis for right living, of a people who, satisfied with frugal comfort ...
The Ireland That We Dreamed Of (On Language & the Irish Nation) — Éamonn de Valera. This is a snippet of a speech given by Éamonn de Valera on Saint Patrick's Day in 1943, marking the...
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De Valera, Éamon (‘Dev’) (1882–1975), teacher, revolutionary, taoiseach, and president of Ireland, was born 14 October 1882 in the Nursery and Child's Hospital, Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York, the only child of Juan Vivion de Valera and Catherine (‘Kate’) Coll (1856–1932); he was christened Edward (although recorded as ...
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Mar 26, 2019 · It’s a misremembered line in Eamon de Valera’s speech, “On Language and the Irish Nation”, delivered over the radio on St. Patrick’s Day 1943. In the popular imagination he spoke of “comely...
Sep 14, 2020 · Eamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland. Much as Churchill personified British resistance to Hitler and de Gaulle personified the freedom of France, de Valera personified Irish independence.
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Between June 1919 and December 1920, Éamon de Valera toured the United States. From New York City to Salt Lake City, Alabama to Montana, the self-proclaimed President of the Irish Republic addressed ‘Ireland’ in hundreds of interviews and speeches. Of these myriad public statements, his Cuban missive, notably, crossed national boundaries.
