See soorce fer Éamon de Valera

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'''Éamon de Valera''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|m|ən|_|d|ɛ|v|ə|ˈ|l|ɛr|ə}}; [[14 October]] [[1882]] – [[29 August]] [[1975]]) wis a verra important 20t century Erse poleetical feegur. He wis the heid ane for Ireland for mony terms. He wis ane o the leaders o Erse unthirldom an he wis on the anti-Treaty side o the Ceevil War. He foondit the Fianna Fáil pairty, the muckle maist pairty in Ireland.

== Bairnheid an youth ==

De Valera wis born in [[New York Ceety]] in 1882, tae a [[Spain]]yie-[[Cuba]]n faither an an Erse mither. Tho this is disputit. His faither dee'd in 1885, an he wis taen tae Ireland wi his Uncle Ned an he wis brocht up in [[Limerick]] bi his grandmither, her son, Patrick, an her dochter, Hannie. At 16, he gaed tae Dublin, for tae study at [[Blackrock College]], an thare he stairtit playin [[Rugby]] (he gaed on tae play for the Munster rugby team).

In 1903 he wis appyntit teacher o maths at Rockwell College. The neist year he graduatit frae the [[Royal University o Ireland]] an syne gaed ontae teach at Blackrock College.

== Politics ==

He becam an acteevist for the Erse leid, an jynt the Conradh na Gaeilge, whaur he met his wife Sinead. In 1913 he jynt the Erse Volunteers, an than the [[Erse Republican Britherheid]].

He wis inrowed in the [[Easter Risin]] an efter the surrender he wis reestit an impreesont in [[Kilmainham Jyle]]. He wis sentenced tae execution, but public opeenion wis agin executions sae he joukit it.

In 1919 at the meetin o the First Dail, de Valera becam Preses o Dail Eireann. He gaed tae Americae for tae raise siller for tae fund a Republic o Ireland. He raised $5,500,000. In the meantime in Ireland, the Erse War o Unthirldom haed stairtit.

== Ceevil War ==

Efter the War, negotiations stairtit. This led tae the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] that meant Ireland wad be spleet intae twa kintras wi ane, [[Northren Ireland]], bidin in the Unitit Kinrick an [[Soothren Ireland]] becomin a domeenion o Breetain, no a Republic.

De Valera wis agin the treaty, but it wis still passt. This led tae a Ceevil War atween pro-Treaty an anti-Treaty factions. De Valera wis nominally heid ane o the anty-Treaty forces, but haed little pouer.

== Fianna Fail an President ==

Efter the war, he foondit Fianna Fail, a republican pairty an in 1932 he becam Prime Meenister o Ireland. In 1937 he makkit a new consitution o Ireland, the Bunreacht na hÉireann. In 1949 Ireland wis declared a Republic.

De Valera dee'd in 1975 whan 92 year auld.

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