De Valera
noun
Eamon 1882–1975, Irish political leader and statesman, born in the U.S.: prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59; president 1959–73.
De Valera
American
[dev-uh-lair-uh, -leer-uh]
/ ˌdɛv əˈlɛər ə, -ˈlɪər ə /
noun
de Valera
British
/ -ˈlɪə-, də vəˈlɛərə /
noun
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Michael De Valera, the treasurer of the cooperative’s board of directors, worried about space.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
"De Valera was used to deference. He was at that stage the sole surviving commandant of 1916, he had a particular stature and standing nationally and internationally," the historian explains.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
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 tells me about the great Roosevelt in Washington and the great De Valera in Dublin.
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
Fanning adds that when the Dáil debated the deal, it became clear de Valera "opposed the treaty not because it was a compromise, but because it was not his compromise".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
But Éamon de Valera, the man with the best claim to lead an independent Ireland, refused to travel to London to negotiate.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
Born in the United States to an Irish mother and a Spanish father, de Valera was one of Ireland's most influential statesmen.
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 Washington Irving
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