Coxhead, Elizabeth. Daughters of Erin: Five Women of the Irish Renascence. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
102
Eamon De Valera
Standard Name: De Valera, Eamon
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Julia O'Faolain | JOF
was born to intense paternal concern about Irish nationality, to indignation at the power of the Roman Catholic Church
(in which, nevertheless, she was confirmed at ten years old), and a conviction that national... |
| politics | Charlotte Despard | Her interest in Communism and Russia shows one way that her political interests continued to branch out in her eighties and even her nineties. She campaigned for De Valera
, whose Fianna Fail
party proved... |
| politics | Edith Somerville | She was furious when Eamon De Valera
in January 1922 repudiated the treaty setting up an Irish Free State with dominion status. She remained at Drishane through the resulting Irish Civil War, and actively supported... |
| politics | Maud Gonne | During this war MG
's unapologetically pro-German stance was almost an embarrassment to the officially neutral Irish government of Eamon De Valera
(a Republican whose politics had diverged from those of Gonne and Sean MacBride... |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
was elected to the executive of Sinn Féin
, newly reorganized by Eamon De Valera
. Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books, 1967. 236 |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
resigned as President of Cumann na mBan
(the women's council of the Irish Volunteers
) in order to join Fianna Fail
(Soldiers of Destiny
), a party formed by Eamon De Valera |
| Textual Features | Jennifer Johnston | In this book the protagonist, Laura Quinlan, has an unconfronted, traumatic past and is hovering on the brink of insanity. Her controlling father, a De Valera
man Moloney, Caitriona et al. Irish Women Writers Speak Out: Voices From the Field. Syracuse University Press, 2003. 71 |
| Textual Features | Kate O'Brien | As in O'Brien's other novels, many topics are on the table. Both the insular and the cosmopolitan strands in Irish culture are examined. Again, Lorna Reynolds
feels that this novel sprang from the banning of... |
| Textual Production | Constance Countess Markievicz | Roper had been the companion of CCM
's late sister Eva Gore-Booth
; both had been very close to Markievicz. The collection included letters written by Markievicz between 1916 and 1926, both inside and outside... |
| Textual Production | Kate O'Brien | KOB
published another novel, Pray for the Wanderer, in which, says Eavan Boland
, she purged her disappointment with de Valera
's Ireland. Boland, Eavan, and Kate O’Brien. “Introduction”. The Last of Summer, Virago, 1990, p. v - xv. ix Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Travel | Constance Countess Markievicz | Appointed by Eamon De Valera
and linked to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic
, Constance, Countess Markievicz,
and Kathleen Barry
made a speaking tour of the United States. Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books, 1967. 273-82 |
Timeline
6 December 1921: The Irish delegation to negotiations at Westminster...
National or international item
6 December 1921
The Irish delegation to negotiations at Westminster over the status of Ireland (Arthur Griffith
, Michael Collins
, and Robert Barton
) accepted the offer of Dominion Status, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
206
Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
32
14 April 1922: Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty...
National or international item
14 April 1922
Four Courts, Dublin, was occupied by anti-Treaty or Republican forces. The final attack on them by Free State or provisional government forces launched on 28 June signalled the outbreak of the Irish Civil War...
16 February 1932: The Fianna Fail party under Eamon De Valera...
National or international item
16 February 1932
The Fianna Fail
party under Eamon De Valera
came to power in the Irish general election. Having gained forty-four seats in 1927, they now took seventy-two, and were able to form the government with support...
1937: Under Eamon De Valera, Ireland unilaterally...
National or international item
1937
Under Eamon De Valera
, Ireland unilaterally adopted a new Constitution making it no longer the Irish Free State but Eire.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
132
Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
31
2 September 1939: The government of Eire, under Eamon De Valera,...
National or international item
2 September 1939
The government of Eire, under Eamon De Valera
, declared that the country would remain neutral in the coming international conflict.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
385
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
40, 65-6
Kelly, Matthew. “Now is your chance”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006, pp. 31-2.
31-2
15 April 1941: 180 planes of the German Luftwaffe dropped...
National or international item
15 April 1941
180 planes of the German Luftwaffe
dropped bombs and firebomb canisters on Belfast, killing approximately 1,000 people.
“The Belfast Blitz 1941”. BBC History: Northern Ireland Timeline.
26 January 1942: Eamon De Valera protested against the stationing...
National or international item
26 January 1942
Eamon De Valera
protested against the stationing of American troops in Northern Ireland on the grounds that Britain and the US might invade Eire to secure military bases.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
77
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
372-3
15 November 1945: Delegates to a convention in Dungannon, including...
National or international item
15 November 1945
Delegates to a convention in Dungannon, including nationalist MPs and senators, founded the Irish Anti-Partition League
, whose aim was to reverse the 1921 partition of Ireland.
“1945 - 1963: The Birth of the Irish Republic and Economic Development”. History of Ireland.
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