Éamon de Valera

Question 1

Born

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1882 in New York - but raised in Ireland

Question 2

1916

Answer 2

Took part in the Easter Rebellion
Sentenced to life imprisonment

Question 3

1917

Answer 3

Released from prison under a general amnesty
Elected for MP for East Clare
Elected president of Sinn Féin

Question 4

1918

Answer 4

Imprisoned

Question 5

1919

Answer 5

Escaped from prison
Elected president of the Dáil

Question 6

1926

Answer 6

Split from Sinn Féin and formed Fianna Fáil

Question 7

1932-48

Answer 7

Head of Irish government

Question 8

1951-54

Answer 8

Head of Irish government

Question 9

1957-59

Answer 9

Head of Irish government

Question 10

1959-75

Answer 10

President of Ireland

Question 11

Died

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1975

Question 12

Parents

Answer 12

Spanish father
Irish mother

Question 13

Education

Answer 13

Educated in Ireland

Question 14

Career

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Taught mathematics

Question 15

Rebellions

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Joined Gaelic League
Later Irish Volunteers
Fought in Easter Rising - last commander to surrender - saved from execution by American citizenship

Question 16

Organisations he led

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Sinn Féin
Irish Volunteers
Dáil

Question 17

Political Ideal

Answer 17

a Gaelic republic comprising of all 32 Irish counties

Question 18

Anglo-Irish War

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mainly in the USA raising money for the Irish cause

Question 19

Lloyd George

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had talks together after the 1921 Truce
commented that negotiating with de Valera was ‘like trying to pick up mercury with a fork’

Question 20

Michael Collins

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regarded as a rival
de Valera wanted him to receive the blame for an unpopular settlement

Question 21

1926 (2)

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Changed course
Split from the militant Sinn Féid
Formed his own party - Fianna Fáil

Question 22

W. B. Yeats (Irish poet)

Answer 22

said that de Valera was
‘a living argument rather than a living man’