Smoking election torches marched through Dublin streets by night last week. “Up de Valera!” roared the torch bearers, and Ireland’s hero was carried shoulder high. Excited Irishmen swore on every hand ...
A neglected woodland in northern Israel offers a window into Éamon de Valera’s legacy and a lost moment of Irish-Israeli goodwill Éamon de Valera Grove in Beit Keshet Forest near the Palestinian town ...
Éamon de Valera during his tour of the United States in 1919 (Wikimedia Commons) One of the more entertaining stories from America’s history involves a bit of rhetorical sleight of hand that some ...
“Although we often spoke about the de Valera Forest, we weren’t actually able to get in here for many years because of overgrowth. Trees had fallen, bushes had taken over, and the entrance had ...