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  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
  de Valera

  noun

  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

De Valera

American  

[dev-uh-lair-uh, -leer-uh] / ˌdɛv əˈlɛər ə, -ˈlɪər ə /

noun

1. 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.

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de Valera British  

/ -ˈlɪə-, də vəˈlɛərə /

noun

1. 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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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

God bless Mam, God bless our dead sister and brothers, God bless Ireland, God bless De Valera, and God bless anyone who gives Dad a job.

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

A reluctant Collins had been sent to London in October 1921 to negotiate the deal by de Valera, the then president of the republican movement.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022

In his biography, Will to Power, Ronan Fanning accused de Valera of failing to explain his strategy properly to the plenipotentiaries before the talks began.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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

Ysola de Valera had run away from his great house in Cuba.

From Bat Wing by Rohmer, Sax