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Denis Rolleston Gwynn
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BIOGRAPHY

Research Professor of Modern Irish History, University College, Cork, National University of Ireland, 1946–63. Author of The History of Partition.

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Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera was an Irish politician and patriot who served as taoiseach (prime minister; 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of Ireland. An active revolutionary from 1913, he became president of Sinn FΓ©in in 1917 and founded the Fianna FΓ‘il party in 1926. In 1937 he made his…
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