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fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

Indo Daily: State Papers - Ireland's role in the downfall of Edward VIII, and concerns over peace process after 9/11

The latest tranche of the National Archive of Ireland's State Papers has revealed the high level of sensitivity to the release of any and all documentation relating to the royals. As such, the papers point to a what London termed "a crucial conversation" in the 1960s between then-taoiseach Éamon de Valera and a British civil servant by the name of Harry Batterbee, with a request made that Ireland withhold documents connected to the abdication of King Edward.
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fromIndependent
1 week ago

'The situation is grave' - the Irish documents about Edward VIII's abdication the UK wanted to keep private

The British government sought to withhold documents and a conversation involving Éamon de Valera about King Edward VIII's 1936 abdication from public release.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

It shaped his identity': did Eamon de Valera's Spanish father' ever exist?

Eamon de Valera's paternity is disputed; fresh evidence suggests the alleged Spanish father Vivion de Valera may have been invented and the true paternity concealed.
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fromIndependent
4 months ago

John Downing: Half-a-century after the death of Eamon de Valera, the Long Fellow still casts a long shadow

Éamon de Valera's legacy provoked intense, lasting passions, including deep hostility leading a soldier to avoid participating in his funeral honors.
UK politics
fromIndependent
8 months ago

Donal Fallon: What the Israeli ambassador got wrong about Ireland's wartime neutrality

Éamon de Valera's policies, including military neutrality, continue to shape modern Ireland despite perceptions of backwardness during his era.
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