Word: eamon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Eamon De Valera, whose very name is to Irishmen a clarion of revolt, pronounced and swore upon the Holy .Bible at Dublin last week an oath: "I, Eamon De Valera, do solemnly swear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the Irish Free State as by law established and that I will be faithful to His Majesty, King George V, his heirs and successors by law, in virtue of the common citizenship of Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the group of nations forming the British Commonwealth of Nations...
This was a flat challenge to Mr. De Valera and Miss MacSwiney. Would they accept, enter the Dail, stand together? Soon famed Eamon de Valera replied...
...legal oyster. Last week, Dame Justice, "scale in hand," or rather, New York Supreme Court Justice Curtis A. Peters, completed his inspection in Manhattan of $2,500,000 remaining on deposit with the Harriman National Bank as the residue of $6,000,000 collected by famed Eamon de Valera in his heydey, from U. S. sympathizers with "The Irish Republic" of which he claimed to be "President...
...Twas a fat oyster; and the present Irish Free State was suing to obtain this sum on the ground that it (the Irish Free State) is the "successor" of the Irish Republic. The dispute grew strong, because Eamon de Valera was present early in the trial with counsel to argue that the money should be turned over to himself and followers who collected it. Each side "with clamour" pled the laws...
...last week one Deputy, Dan Breen, a Sinn Feiner, took his courage in both hands and took his seat in the Dail. He was not mobbed, but famed Eamon de Valera, onetime self-styled "President of the Irish Republic," said sorrowfully: "We deeply regret Breen's action...