The new American ambassador, Edward Walsh, is not the first to find himself at odds with Irish opinion makers – during his ...

Éamon de Valera was accused of attempting an armed uprising against the government. Then he made a daring jailbreak, and later became president of Ireland.

Éamon de Valera was born in New York City on October 14, 1882. We look at his birth, the controversy surrounding his birth certificate. At the southeast corner of Lex and 51st Street is a plaque ...

De Valera held an ascendancy in Irish politics that Fanning likens to Charles Stewart Parnell’s position in the 1880s, holding a balance between political nationalism and armed warfare.

Éamon de Valera (1882-1975) was an Irish politician and patriot who served as Taoiseach (prime minister; 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59) and President (1959–73) of Ireland. He founded the ...

Director Neil Jordan says he "didn't imply" that Éamon de Valera had a hand in the death of Michael Collins in his 1996 film 'Michael Collins." ...

De Valera was no anti-semite, though. As his relationship with Yitzhak Herzog – the first chief rabbi of the Irish Free State, who became the first chief rabbi of the newly-independent state of ...

De Valera went on to found the Fianna Fáil party in 1926, then serve as Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland from 1932–48, 1951–54 and 1957–59, as well as President of Ireland from 1959 ...

De Valera was in relaxed and jocular form when speaking to the students. So far, in relation to his proposal, he had “found no one to agree with him as to its practicality” but, ...