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| − | '''Eamon de Valera''' (1882-1975) was Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of [[Ireland]] from 1951-1959 and President from 1959-1973. He was an importnt figure in the [[Easter Rising]], the Irish War for Independence, and the Irish Civil War. | + | [[Image:Eamon de Valera.jpg|right]] |
| + | '''Eamon de Valera''' (New York 1882 - Dublin 1975) politic and mathematician, he was Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of [[Ireland]] from 1951-1959 and President from 1959-1973. He was an importnt figure in the [[Easter Rising]], the Irish War for Independence (from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), and the Irish Civil War. In 1917 he assumed the presidency of [[Sinn Fein]]. | ||
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| + | De Valera dominated post-independence Irish politics for forty years. He was a [[Roman Catholic]]; married Sinéad Flanagan, on the 8th of January, 1910. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | *[[Ulster]] | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
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| + | *[http://www.answers.com/topic/eamon-de-valera Eamon de Valera] | ||
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Revision as of 21:28, May 20, 2008
Eamon de Valera (New York 1882 - Dublin 1975) politic and mathematician, he was Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland from 1951-1959 and President from 1959-1973. He was an importnt figure in the Easter Rising, the Irish War for Independence (from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), and the Irish Civil War. In 1917 he assumed the presidency of Sinn Fein.
De Valera dominated post-independence Irish politics for forty years. He was a Roman Catholic; married Sinéad Flanagan, on the 8th of January, 1910.