When was Eamon de Valera released from prison after the Easter Rising?

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Eamon de Valera was released from prison in 1917 following his participation in the Easter Rising. Although he had been sentenced to penal servitude for his role as a commander during the 1916 uprising, he avoided execution due to his American birth.1