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De Valera British Rule
1,219 wordsDe Valera's mother, Catherine Coll, usually known as Kate, came to the states in 1879, at the young age of twenty-three. Like so many other Irish immigrants of that time, she had suffered from poverty, and even hunger, in her native land and saw America as a place where she could go to try and get a fresh start. She first took a job with a wealthy French family that was living in Manhattan. This is where and when she met Vivion Juan de Valera. He was a Spanish sculptor who came to the home of he...
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Sinn Fein De Valera
1,220 words... leaders of the Easter Rebellion, only he had survived. He was elected president of Sinn Fein. He was elected president of the Irish Volunteers. Everywhere he went people cheered him. Now de Valera threw himself completely in the struggle for Irish independence. He set forth a strategy that, he was certain, would lead to victory. Meanwhile, British losses on the European battlefields of World War I had been climbing rapidly. In 1918, hoping to fill their badly depleted ranks with Irish soldie...
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Four Hundred Years League Of Nations
2,632 wordsEamon De Valera and the Rebirth of Independent Ireland. When Eamon De Valera? s died in 1975, Ireland lost its most successful and most prominent patriot and nationalist. In his life, he played many roles: a dedicated teacher, statesman, president of Eire and Ireland, Prime Minister, soldier and provocateur. He is probably best remembered for his part in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and the civil war that divided Ireland from 1922 - 23, but did much more since then. De Valera was probably the most ...
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Irish Republican Army Sinn Fein
1,160 wordsThe struggles in Northern Ireland described in nationalistic terms can be described as the last chapter of British subjugation of the Irish people. In their fight for self rule the costs to Irish people have been great. Tens of thousands of Irish and British lives have been lost or ruined in this conflict. By allowing this conflict to come to a peaceful conclusion Northern Ireland will be afforded a chance to demilitarize and begin to rebuild a new nation. Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Ir...
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Sinn Fein Michael Collins
876 wordsFighting Spirit It was in County Cork, Ireland, 1890 when 75 year old Michael Collins watched his wife bring into the world his 8 th child, Michael Collins junior. Michael was the youngest of 8 siblings and in the short 6 years Michael new his father he and his siblings were strongly influenced and encouraged by him to become involved in poetry, reading, and other curriculum activities. As Michael grew older he became increasingly involved in sports and particularly enjoyed wrestling, Michaels i...
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