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Éamon de Valera’s condolences over Adolf Hitler’s death sparked outrage as government was inundated with angry letters
Secret files revealed the Government was swamped by letters of outrage, many from Irish people living overseas, over the ...
Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death
Taoiseach Éamon de Valera ’s visit to the German legation on the death of Adolf Hitler caused shock and bewilderment in Irish ...
NASA Apollo 11 Moon Rock Was Destroyed in a Fire, Records Reveal
The priceless lunar sample gifted to Ireland from the first moon landing was lost in an observatory blaze in the 1970s.
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State papers: Joe Kennedy told Éamon de Valera Irish visit was happiest moment in JFK's life
Former ambassador said Irish heritage was key to his son's life, from his boyhood in Boston to the Irish Army guard of honour ...
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Eamon De Valera pleads Irish cause at Fenway Park
Eamon De Valera, President of the Irish republic, got a reception from at least 50,000 people at Fenway Park yesterday afternoon such as no other Irish patriot ever received in Boston -- such a ...
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How a fruit cake helped Eamon de Valera escape Lincoln Prison
Eamon de Valera was a leading figure in Ireland's fight for independence Eamon de Valera went on to become one of Ireland's most influential statesmen. But his politics were not the only thing ...
Space rock donated by Nasa to Ireland lay in basement three years before being destroyed in fire
A lunar rock collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on humanity’s first trip to the Moon in 1969 was accidentally ...
JFK’s four days in Ireland among happiest of his life, his father told De Valera
The father of president John F Kennedy wrote to president Éamon de Valera telling him that his son’s four days in Ireland ...
‘Priceless’ Moon rock donated to Ireland from 1970 NASA mission destroyed in fire, newly released records reveal
A PRICELESS piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a NASA mission was destroyed in a fire, newly released records ...
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JFK’s visit to Ireland was ‘one of the happiest events in his life’, father Joe Kennedy told Éamon de Valera
Joe Kennedy told president Éamon de Valera that one of the happiest events in his son John F Kennedy’s life was the stunning ...
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Introducing de Valera – The East Clare by-election and the rise of an Irish political leader
The East Clare by-election is remembered, a century later, because it announced Éamon de Valera’s arrival on the national stage. Looking back at it with the knowledge that he dominated Irish ...
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NI 100: Why did de Valera refuse to attend 1921 treaty negotiations?
Éamon de Valera, pictured on a tour of his native America during the 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence On this day 100 years ago, negotiations began in London which led to the turbulent birth ...