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De Valera

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De Va·le·ra  (dv-lr, -lîr), Eamon 1882-1975.
American-born Irish political leader who fought in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and was president of Sinn Fein (1918-1926) before becoming three-time prime minister of the Irish Free State and the first president of the Republic of Ireland (1959-1973).
de Valera [də vəˈlɛərə -ˈlɪə-]
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(Biographies / de Valera, Eamon (1882-1975) M, Irish, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882-1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917-26) and of the Dáil (1918-22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937-48; 1951-54; 1957-59) and president (1959-73) of the Irish Republic
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Noun1.De Valerade Valera - Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975)
Eamon de Valera


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Among the former, political issues stand out, such as the letter by Diego de Valera to Enrique IV, in which Valera urges the king to meet his governmental responsibilities.
Correspondencias: Los origenes del arte epistolar en Espana by Lozano-Renieblas, Isabel / Renaissance Quarterly
Offering a populist and nationalist vision of a rural, Catholic, and Gaelic Ireland, de Valera pursued a policy of cultural and economic protectionism that deepened the Irish economic malaise of the 1930s.
The Poet As Politician by Moses, Michael Valdez / Reason
Yet his depiction of De Valera's Ireland (and of De Valera himself) is far kinder than would be given by almost any modern young Irish liberal.
Subverting Cant by O'Sullivan, John / The National Interest
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