She developed a great interest in the Irish language, joining the Gaelic League, adopting Sinéad Ní Fhlannagáin as her name ...

Secret files revealed the Government was swamped by letters of outrage, many from Irish people living overseas, over the ...

Taoiseach Éamon de Valera ’s visit to the German legation on the death of Adolf Hitler caused shock and bewilderment in Irish ...

Eamon De Valera, President of the Irish republic, got a reception from at least 50,000 people at Fenway Park yesterday afternoon such as no other Irish patriot ever received in Boston -- such a ...

Former ambassador said Irish heritage was key to his son's life, from his boyhood in Boston to the Irish Army guard of honour ...

Ireland, unfortunately, is not the only anti-Israel country in the world, though it ranks among the most obnoxious.

Seán Haughey, son of former taoiseach ­Charlie Haughey, quietly slipped out of Irish politics at November’s election. He had ...

Eamon de Valera was a leading figure in Ireland's fight for independence Eamon de Valera went on to become one of Ireland's most influential statesmen. But his politics were not the only thing ...

The East Clare by-election is remembered, a century later, because it announced Éamon de Valera’s arrival on the national stage. Looking back at it with the knowledge that he dominated Irish ...

A lunar rock collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on humanity’s first trip to the Moon in 1969 was accidentally ...

The lunar rock, which originated from the Apollo II mission in April 1970, was given to President Eamon de Valera by American ...

Éamon de Valera, pictured on a tour of his native America during the 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence On this day 100 years ago, negotiations began in London which led to the turbulent birth ...