The first female president of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights examines her life and career.
A biography of Eamon de Valera who dominated Irish life and politics for much of the 20th century. De Valera took part in the 1916 Rising and emerged as the country's leading revolutionary. His most controversial decision was to oppose the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
A biography of Eamon de Valera who dominated Irish life and politics for much of the 20th century. De Valera took part in the 1916 Rising and emerged as the country's leading revolutionary. His most controversial decision was to oppose the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
Eamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland. Much as Churchill personified British resistance to Hitler and de Gaulle personified the freedom of France, de Valera personified Irish independence. From his emergence in the aftermath of the 1916 rebe…