![]() ![]() Between 1932-59, de Valera served as Head of Government: from 1932-7 as President of the Executive Council, then Taoiseach between 1937-48, again from 1951-4, and finally between 1957-9. Between 1919-22 de Valera acted as President of Dáil Éireann/President of the Irish Republic, simultaneously Head of State and of Government. De Valera then spent nearly forty (non-consecutive) years as either Head of Government and/or Head of State. Later in 1917 de Valera became the Leader of Sinn Féin, and, the following year, led the party to victory in the 1918 General Election. De Valera rose to national prominence as the most senior surviving officer of the Easter Rising between 1916-7, with his status solidified by the defeat of the Irish Parliamentary Party at the East Clare by-election in July 1917. It would not be unfair to say that de Valera dominated Irish politics between 1916-75, a period of nearly sixty years. Éamon de Valera’s political career is indeed exceptional. What I remember from when he died was having the day off from primary school to watch his funeral on the television this wasn’t an official day off, and the school did raise an eyebrow later, but I wasn’t the only kid from a FF family that kept the kids home to watch it.Ī handy summary of his career from this interesting paper: My granny worshipped Dev (my grandfather was a farm labourer and she said he forced the farmers to pay their workers a decent wage) and reared her kids and grandkids likewise □ ![]() The Spanish onion in the Irish stew (according to one J.H. ![]()
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