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 ...
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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 ...
NASA Apollo 11 Moon Rock Was Destroyed in a Fire, Records Reveal
The rock, which had traveled almost 240,000 miles from the moon to Earth, was presented to then-President Éamon de Valera in ...
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New book traces de Valera’s “Dangerous Ambition” to a troubled childhood
Colum Kenny’s new biography details Éamon de Valera’s search for his absent father and the roots of his “steely determination ...
‘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 ...
Irish eyes 'aren't smiling' as far as Israel is concerned
Ireland, unfortunately, is not the only anti-Israel country in the world, though it ranks among the most obnoxious.
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 ...
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 ...
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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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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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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 ...
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State papers: Joe Kennedy told Éamon de Valera Irish visit was happiest moment in JFK's life
His father later wrote to President Éamon de Valera expressing his gratitude for the welcome he received, especially in Co Wexford. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive The father of the late US ...