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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, W. T. Cosgrave, Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Sean T. O'Kelly, Constance Markiewicz, Arthur Griffith, Richard Mulcahy, Terence MacSwiney, James Ryan, Sean MacEntee, Eoin MacNeill, Laurence Ginnell, Kevin O'Higgins, Cathal Brugha, Diarmuid Lynch, Liam Mellows, George Gavan Duffy, Michael Colivet, Robert Barton, Fionan Lynch, Frank Fahy, Thomas Hunter, James Walsh, Ernest Blythe, Austin Stack, Desmond FitzGerald, Harry Boland, John J. O'Kelly, Pierce McCan, George Noble Plunkett, Eamonn Duggan, Sean O'Mahony, Padraic O Maille, Joseph McGrath, James O'Mara, Liam de Roiste, Piaras Beaslai, Con Collins, Patrick McCartan, Brian O'Higgins, Thomas Kelly, Richard Hayes, John Crowley, Philip Shanahan, Alexander McCabe, Joseph O'Doherty, Art O'Connor, James Crowley, Michael Staines, J. J. Clancy, Frank Lawless, Joseph MacBride, Bryan Cusack, David Kent, P. J. Moloney, Joseph MacDonagh, William Sears, Peter Galligan, Sean Etchingham, Seamus Burke, Joseph McGuinness, Peter J. Ward, Joseph Sweeney, Sean Hayes, Patrick O'Keeffe, James Dolan, Roger Sweetman, James Lennon. Excerpt: Eamon de Valera (; 14 October 1882 - 29 August 1975) was one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, serving as head of government of the Irish Free State and head of government and head of state of Ireland. He also introduced the Constitution of Ireland. De Valera was a leader of Ireland's struggle for independence from Britain in the Irish War of Independence and of the anti-Treaty forces in the ensuing Irish Civil War (1922-23). In 1926, he founded Fianna Fail and was head of government from 1932-48, 1951-54 and 1957-59 and President of Ireland from 1959-73. De Valera was born in New York City in 1882 to an Irish mother; his parents, Catherine Coll (subsequently Mrs Wheelwright), an immigrant from Bru...
