Ireland to mark famine disaster May 24, 2008
The minister, a grandson of former Taoiseach and President Eamon De Valera, said: "The effects of the Great Famine are still evident today and its legacy has given Irish people an appreciation of issues such as food security and a strong commitment to humanitarian aid and relief. "If the Famine didn't happen, there could be 12 million people living in Ireland and eight million could be native Irish speakers. " The Famine resulted in large Irish communities settling in countries like the US,... (BBC News -- Europe)
Ireland gets its 'harlot' May 12, 2008
O Cuiv, grandson of Eamon de Valera, one of the Republic of Ireland's founding fathers, has been making thousands of orders reversing mainly anglicised placenames laid down by a mapping programme that started in 1824 when Britain ruled Ireland. AFP Digg Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Patrick Hillery, who helped point Ireland to peace, dies at 84 Apr 16, 2008
After earning a medical degree at University College Dublin, he lived briefly in Canada before winning an election in 1951 to the Dail, the Irish Parliament, as a running mate of Eamon de Valera, who led the Irish struggle for independence. He was education minister from 1959 to 1966, promoting comprehensive schools outside the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church that have been credited with helping Ireland produce the educated work force that contributed to the economic boom of the last 20... (International Herald Tribune)
Patrick Hillery, 84; president of Ireland ran unopposed twice Apr 13, 2008
He studied medicine at University College Dublin and became a doctor, but turned to politics when Fianna Fail founder and Prime Minister Eamon de Valera - also from Clare - recruited him to be his parliamentary running mate in their home county. Mr. Hillery represented Clare in Ireland's parliament, Dail Eireann, from 1951 to 1973. (Boston Globe)
Irish Party Unveils Country's New Leader Apr 9, 2008
Mr Cowen, 48, becomes the seventh leader of the Fianna Fail (FF) party, which was founded by Eamon De Valera in 1926. He is the first FF leader to succeed to the post unopposed since former premier Sean Lemass took over from De Valera in 1959. (Sky News)
Ahern to resign as Irish premier Apr 3, 2008
Mr Ahern has been the most successful politician in the Republic of Ireland since Eamon De Valera, winning three elections. He is Ireland's second-longest serving taoiseach. (BBC News -- UK)
Click for Full Story Mar 9, 2008
In 1932, Eamon de Valera was elected the head of government of the Irish Free State. In 1933, Congress, called into special session by President Roosevelt, began its "hundred days" of enacting New Deal legislation. (KWTX.com, TX)
Ministers grant 180000 to the Orange Order Feb 6, 2008
The announcement was made by Eamon O'Cuiv, the rural affairs minister and grandson of Eamon de Valera, the former Taoiseach and president. advertisement. (Telegraph.co.uk)
The long reach of war Jan 13, 2008
Though the country, at the time called Eire, was still nominally part of the British Commonwealth, there was no question in the minds of most Irish people - and especially in the mind of the Taoiseach (prime minister), Eamon de Valera - of Ireland's declaring war herself. She was a poor, underdeveloped country with no military manpower or equipment to speak of, and as such was defenseless. (Boston Globe)
First Person: Covering JFK’s assassination emotional Nov 22, 2007
Queen Frederika of Denmark was there, and Ludwig Erhard of Germany and Eamon de Valera of Ireland. These were only a few. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Fenway faithful snap up images of their kingdom Nov 2, 2007
Over 60,000 people came to hear Eamon de Valera speak. Fenway faithful snap up images of their kingdom. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
New attraction on Belfast's terror tours Oct 6, 2007
Other luminaries include Eamon de Valera, the founding father of the Irish Republic, and the present first minister of Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley. He has not indicated if he intends to return. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Ireland's ruling Fianna Fail party to consider organizing in Northern Ireland Sep 17, 2007
Fianna Fail, founded by Irish revolutionary Eamon de Valera in 1926, has won the most seats in Ireland's parliament in every election since 1932. It has formed governments following the last six elections dating back to 1987. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Ahern comes out fighting at anti-corruption tribunal Sep 14, 2007
In his opening statement to the Mahon tribunal in Dublin, the taoiseach - the most successful since the republic's founding father, Eamon de Valera - denied that he had ever taken a bribe in his 30 years in politics, a career which saw him rise from lord mayor of Dublin to finance minister and eventually to prime minister. "I have done no wrong and have wronged no one," he said. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
One more for the rogue Jul 29, 2007
Eamon de Valera (Michael Collins, 1996) was, by his own and many other people's lights, a hero. In Galaxy Quest (1999), my favourite Rickman movie, he was only bad in the sense that an irascible, irritating person would be a bad travelling companion on an involuntary space trip. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
He's found his calling: comedy Jul 26, 2007
"Eventually he plans to return to Dublin's Trinity University, where he'll pursue a master's degree in international relations, focusing on conflict resolution.But who knows? The master's degree may have to wait, if US audiences take to "Jesus: The Guantanamo Years" as eagerly as those in the UK. Philbin Bowman would like nothing better than to take it on tour -- in Texas, say.And after that? Well, he says with a wink, he does have another idea for a show, one that draws on his previous study of... (Boston Globe)
Ahern re-elected as Ireland's PM Jun 15, 2007
Mr Ahern is the first taoiseach since Eamon De Valera to win three elections in a row. Now our opportunity and our duty is to secure our prosperity and to use it to build a better Ireland. (BBC News -- Europe)
After 10 years in power, Ahern reelected as Ireland's leader Jun 15, 2007
Ahern is only the second prime minister in Irish history to win three consecutive terms, following Fianna Fail founder Eamon de Valera, who won seven elections from 1932 to 1957. Since Ireland's independence from Britain in 1922, only a five-party government -- formed in 1948 in unified opposition to Fianna Fail -- had more factions than the new one. (Boston Globe)
Goodbye Mary Lou as Adams fails May 27, 2007
He has, after Eamon de Valera, become the most successful Taoiseach in modern Irish history by winning three terms in a row. Despite a media-manufactured campaign that focused on questions about his personal finances in the early 1990s, Ahern remained Fianna Fail's prime electoral asset. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Taoiseach prepares to rule without a majority May 27, 2007
His stunning electoral performance, which contradicted most of the opinion polls, makes him the most successful Taoiseach, barring Eamon de Valera, in modern Irish history. His party will return to the 30th Dail with around 78 TDs. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Ahern triumphs in Ireland poll May 27, 2007
Ahern is already the second-longest-serving prime minister in Irish history behind Eamon de Valera, the founder of Fianna Fail, who won seven elections from 1932 to 1957. Source: Agencies. (Aljazeera.Net)
Ireland's Ahern Triumphs in Elections May 26, 2007
Ahern is already the second-longest-serving prime minister in Irish history behind the founder of Fianna Fail, Eamon de Valera, who won seven elections from 1932 to 1957. Throughout the campaign Ahern faced intense questioning over secret payments and other financial help he received from business friends in the 1990s. (Newsday -- World)
Irish PM set for poll win May 26, 2007
Ahern is already the second-longest serving Irish prime minister behind his party s founder Eamon de Valera who won seven elections from 1932 to 1957. Under Ahern s stewardship the Irish economy has grown strongly and peace has come to Norhtern Ireland and seen the introduction of a power-sharing government in the province. (Aljazeera.Net)
Poll Shows Ahern Ahead in Irish Election May 26, 2007
He is already the longest-serving prime minister in Irish history after Fianna Fail's founder, Eamon de Valera, who won seven elections from 1932 to 1957. Sinn Fein, the party linked to the outlawed Irish Republican Army, got 7. (Newsmax)
Irish Voters Cast Their Ballots as Bertie Ahern Seeks Third Straight Term May 24, 2007
Ahern, Ireland's longest-serving prime minister since Eamon de Valera more than half a century ago, has seen the country transformed from one of the poorest among the countries that share the euro to the second-richest, after Luxembourg. Since 1997 economic growth has averaged 7 percent a year compared with 2. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
They love him here, but can Ahern make it a hat-trick? May 20, 2007
He must know how they feel - Ahern faces the toughest test of his career in his bid to score a hat-trick of election victories and become the most successful Taoiseach since Eamon de Valera. Amid the students' euphoria, the laddish bonhomie and the clicking of digital cameras and mobile phones as the boys snap pictures of themselves with Bertie, a supply teacher at the school sounds a discordant note. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
O'Reilly newspapers back Ahern for third term Apr 22, 2007
If elected for a third time, Ahern will become the most successful Taoiseach since Eamon de Valera. Paul Bew, Professor of Politics at Queen's University and author of a new book on Irish history since 1789, said a hat trick would be truly historic. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
It's easy being green in Rochester Mar 17, 2007
In the famous Easter Rebellion in Dublin, Ireland in 1916, Irish liberation leader Eamon De Valera was captured by British soldiers and sentenced to die ... Eamon De Valera would go on to become Ireland's first president and prime minister ... A newspaper in 1829, The Rochester Observer, ridiculed the Irish and called for a citywide crackdown on "Popery. "I have it on good authority that that sort of thing happened right here in Rochester," said Seamus McGinnity, owner of McGinnity Restaurant &... (10NBC.com, NY)
Damned if you don't Mar 17, 2007
Winston Churchill was the fiercest critic, denouncing the Irish premier Eamon de Valera as unprincipled and cowardly, and leaning on him (without success) to lease back the Treaty ports that Britain had finally given up in 1938. The Americans were no less vituperative, once they belatedly joined the Allies, accusing the Irish of acting as "a ready-made Trojan horse" for Hitler. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
DISSENTING OPINIONS Mar 15, 2007
When Loach stays visionary showing a silent movie crowd reacting to newsreel footage of the Treaty (reading intertitles aloud, shouting Erin go bragh to the image of Eamon de Valera) The Wind captures social tumult in a remarkable way. It proves Loach can be a real artist, albeit a didactic one. (New York Press)
In Our Pages Mar 4, 2007
It seems pretty certain that at the polls on Tuesday the Irish people will vote to bring Eamon De Valera and his Fianna Fail Party back to power, ending a coalition rule of the present Prime Minister, John Costello, leader of the Fine Gael party. But it will be a "vote for a change" and not any particular vote of confidence that under Mr. De Valera things will improve. (International Herald Tribune)
News in brief Jan 4, 2007
The taoiseach and Fianna F;il leader, Bertie Ahern, said: "He gave dedicated and patriotic service to Fianna F;il, to Ireland and to Europe. His long career as a public representative brought true distinction to both his party and an illustrious family." Yeats was first appointed to the Irish senate in 1951 by Eamon de Valera and was reappointed by Sean Lemass and Jack Lynch. He was an MEP from 1973 to 1979. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
* Documents reveal threats to Kennedy on trip to Ireland Dec 30, 2006
The documents indicated that 6,404 police officers were on duty the night Kennedy arrived, and 2,690 lined the US president's route from Dublin airport to the Phoenix Park mansion of former Irish president Eamon de Valera. Costigan wrote that, although the death threats were considered likely to be hoaxes, his officers would use binoculars to monitor rooftops along the route of the presidential motorcade. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Threats preceded JFK's Ireland visit Dec 30, 2006
The documents indicated that 6,404 police officers were on duty throughout Ireland the night Kennedy arrived, of whom 2,690 lined the U.S. president's route from Dublin airport to the Phoenix Park mansion of Irish President Eamon de Valera. Costigan wrote that, although the death threats were considered likely to be hoaxes, his officers would use binoculars to monitor rooftops along the route of the presidential motorcade. (MSNBC -- International)
Irish town fights for naming rights Oct 29, 2006
O Cuiv is the grandson of Eamon de Valera, the dominant Irish political figure of the 20th century who not only made the teaching of Irish compulsory in schools, but also the mastery of it mandatory for those seeking public sector jobs, even though few of Ireland's 4 million people outside the Gaeltacht use it regularly. About 85,000 people live in Gaeltacht areas in the counties of Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Donegal, Cork, Waterford, and Meath. (Boston Globe)
Comment: Henry Patterson Oct 1, 2006
Until last week he had a real possibility of winning a third successive victory, making him the most successful Fianna Fail leader since Eamon de Valera. Ahern's difficulties also add one more worrying imponderable for those trying to engineer the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland. (Guardian Unlimited)
Irish president donates gift Sep 9, 2006
Of particular interest was a letter dated May 6, 1916, from Irish revolutionary and statesman Eamon de Valera thanking a Butte man for all his support for the Irish cause. Other important items included documentation of Douglas Hyde s visit to Butte in April 1906 and Ancient Order of Hibernian records. (Montana Standard, MT)
- Diary: Duncan Campbell Jul 12, 2006
He also suggests that Enoch Powell, Sir Isaac Newton, Eamon de Valera and WB Yeats all suffered from the syndrome. "They are highly focused and have great powers of concentration," says the professor of the sufferers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Charles Haughey Jun 14, 2006
By 1951, he was also gilding his future by marrying the daughter of the man who would succeed Eamon De Valera, the late Sean Lemass, one of the most enlightened of Ireland's politicians. The prospects, then, seemed golden, and by the mid-60s Haughey was not only flying high in government , but he was traversing the country, cultivating allegiances in crucial tracts, assuring "the plain people of Ireland" that they were the very keystone to his political success. (The Herald)
Irish president to visit Butte May 5, 2006
The last time was in July and November of 1919, when President Eamon De Valera who was part of the Irish uprising toured Butte. He was rumored to have lived in hiding in the Mining City as well. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ireland remembers Apr 17, 2006
It also enabled the government to reassert its nationalist credentials -- Ahern's Fianna Fail party was headed by Eamon de Valera, a leader of the Rising -- and position itself as the Rising's natural successor ahead of general elections next year. The IRA's political ally Sinn Fein, which has long considered itself the only true Irish republican party, has been growing steadily in popularity. (CNN -- International)
Irish troops and tanks salute Easter Rising Apr 17, 2006
The revival also enabled the government to reassert its nationalist credentials - since Mr Ahern's Fianna F;il party was headed by Eamon de Valera, a leader of the Rising. The British ambassador, Stewart Eldon, was among the invited guests who joined the minute's silence, and watched as the flag was returned to full mast. (Guardian Unlimited)
Irish president consoled Nazis over Hitler's death Jan 1, 2006
Historians had believed that Ireland's prime minister at the time, Eamon de Valera, was the only government leader to convey official condolences to Eduard Hempel, director of the German diplomatic corps in Ireland. De Valera's gesture -- unique among leaders of neutral nations in the final weeks of World War II -- was criticized worldwide. (Chicago Sun-Times)
