What is "de valera"

Usage examples of "de valera".

All around us the conversation has stopped and the patrons of the Eamon de Valera are looking forward to the floor show.

For a moment, Lord Darcy had thought that last bit of heavy sarcasm from the King had made Lord High Admiral Peter de Valera ap Smith angry.

One of the Teeming Millions wrote in a while back with the curious claim that there have been several Spanish-surnamed Sephardic Jews involved in Ireland over the years, notably the patriot Eamon de Valera.

This obviously made a strong impression on a bat who felt himself to be, among other things, heir to the mantle of De Valera.

The flagship, I suggested, should be called the Mary Stuart or the De Valera or, better still, the Don Juan.

The possibility of a landing in Ireland is evidently believed in by many people including de Valera.

And a mass-meeting in Birmingham's demanded that this Mick agitator, this fellow De Valera, be deported.

Me, I'd found a paperback about the Irish revolution and how de Valera raised pookas against the British.