Eamon de Valera's Struggle for a Sovereign Nation
"Sinn-ne Fianna Fail", the first line of the Irish National Anthem loosely translates "soldiers are we/whose lives are pledged to Ireland" , served as Eamon de Valera's focus throughout his life. Born on October 14th, 1882 in New York City's New York Nursery and Child's Hospital to Catherine (Kate) Coll and Vivion Juan de Valera of 61 East 41st Street, Manhattan. Eamon's mother Kate emigrated from the small town of Knockmore, inside County Limerick, and his father was born in Spain. The couple married on September 19th, 1881 in Greenville's St. Patrick' Church. Two and half years after Eamon's birth, Vivion's death forced Kate to send her young son back to Ireland in the company of her brother Ned Coll. Kate's mother, Elizabeth Coll, raised Eamon in the same small community that had nurtured his mother. De Valera's preliminary education included eight years at the National School followed by two years at Christian Brothers School in Charlesville during which he earned a scholarship to finance his further education at Blackrock College in Dublin and University College, Blackrock. Upon completion of his education, de Valera began his career as a mathematics professor. In 1908, de Valera began to pursue proficiency in the Irish language by joining the Central Branch of the Gaelic League, an organization "trying to rebuild Irish nationalism through teaching its members about the native Gaelic language and its culture". Tim Pat Coogan summed up de Valera's decision stating "everything else of importance which followed flowed from that decision: his marriage, involvement in revolution and later, his political career. Eamon met his wife, Sinead Flanagan a schoolteacher fou...
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