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At the moment, Mr. De Valera said, the plan is to switch out the old oil boilers for gas ones, prolonging the building’s reliance on fossil fuels for another 40 years or so.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
The government officially denounced the attack, though it's said that President Eamon De Valera called the Irish Press newspaper, owned by his family, to suggest the light-hearted headline: "British Admiral Leaves Dublin By Air".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2016
Dublin’s history is a maze of curiosity, confusion, and contradiction – Hitler bombed the city; Eamon De Valera, the country’s convoluted Abraham Lincoln, sent Germany a note of condolence immediately after his death.
From Forbes ● Oct. 15, 2012
However, many Irish nationalists, led by Eamon De Valera, continued to seek total independence from Britain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He’s upstairs sitting by the fire, smoking a cigarette, reading The Irish Press, which he loves because it’s De Valera’s paper and he thinks De Valera is the greatest man in the world.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
In 1937, it was reorganized under a new government headed by Éamon de Valera, an anti-treaty leader, and took the name “Ireland.”
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Opponents of the 1921 treaty, led by Éamon de Valera, felt it did not go far enough.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
Although the British prime minister had met him in London before, and was prepared to do so again, de Valera repeatedly refused to go.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
Many critics have accused de Valera of making scapegoats of his negotiating team for accepting a deal which fell short of republican hopes, while he refused to share any of their burden or risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
Luckily, there arrived at this juncture a squadron of the armed galleys, under Carlos de Valera, recently stationed in the Straits.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
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