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Eamon de Valera
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
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Eamon de Valera

Irish, 1882 - 1975
Eamon de Valera was a dominant figure in Ireland in the 50 years following the country’s independence. He was a patriot and a politician who served as president of the country 1959-1973 and prime minister before that. He was an active revolutionary in his youth and also chancellor of the National University of Ireland in the 1920s.
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