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How did Eamon de Valera describe the oath of allegiance in 1927?
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Eamon de Valera
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In 1927, Eamon de Valera persuaded his followers in the Fianna Fáil party to sign the oath of allegiance to the British king, which was a requirement for entering the Dáil Éireann.
He described the oath as "merely an empty political formula" and argued that signing it did not involve the signatories in any "obligations of loyalty to the English Crown."12