Tag: President

#OTD in 1921 – Éamon de Valera is re-elected President of Dáil Éireann.

26/08/2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.” –Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera’s title was not recognised by Britain. He would remain President until defeated upon the vote on the Treaty in January 1922. The history of Ireland is full of many grim ironies. He was proposed for […]

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#OTD in 1921 – Éamon de Valera is re-elected President of Dáil Éireann.

26/08/2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.” –Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera’s title was not recognised by Britain. He would remain President until defeated upon the vote on the Treaty in January 1922. The history of Ireland is full of many grim ironies. He was proposed for […]

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#OTD in 1921 – Éamon de Valera is re-elected President of Dáil Éireann.

26/08/2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.” –Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera’s title was not recognised by Britain. He would remain President until defeated upon the vote on the Treaty in January 1922. The history of Ireland is full of many grim ironies. He was proposed for […]

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#OTD in 1916 – Pádraig Pearse wrote an entry into a Manifesto on this date.

28/04/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

‘I desire now, lest I may not have an opportunity later, to pay homage to the gallantry of the soldiers of Irish Freedom who have during the past four days been writing with fire and steel the most glorious chapter in the later history of Ireland. Justice can never be done to their heroism, to […]

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#OTD in 1921 – Éamon de Valera is re-elected President of Dáil Éireann.

26/08/2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.” –Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera’s title was not recognised by Britain. He would remain President until defeated upon the vote on the Treaty in January 1922. The history of Ireland is full of many grim ironies. He was proposed for […]

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#OTD in 1916 – Pádraig Pearse wrote an entry into a Manifesto on this date.

28/04/2020.Reading time 1 minute.

‘I desire now, lest I may not have an opportunity later, to pay homage to the gallantry of the soldiers of Irish Freedom who have during the past four days been writing with fire and steel the most glorious chapter in the later history of Ireland. Justice can never be done to their heroism, to […]

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