When Lloyd George met de Valera: ‘Why do you insist upon Republic? Saorstat is good enough'
Frances Stevenson’s diary on the Lloyd George-de Valera summit of 1921 offers rare insights
Irish Press group faces liquidation after shareholders’ vote
Publishing group was founded in 1931 by former president Eamon De Valera
An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-Australian cricket
I’ve heard of people blazing trails, but until recently never trailing blazers
Noel Whelan: Makeshift minority government is no solution
Unstable minority administration would serve only FG and FF and not the country
From the Archives: January 23rd, 1933
A snap general election gave Fianna Fáil its first overall Dáil majority in spite of this eve-of-poll editorial urging a vote against Éamon de Valera’s party
Civil War ‘over’ as FG backs FF member for council chair
Parties come together for first time in Kerry - which saw some of worst wartime atrocities
DIT: Investigating real and imagined internet dangers
Services and information relevant to young people should be available online as soon as possible
Brother Against Brother, by Liam Deasy (Mercier Press, £6.99)
This is an important and gripping historical document, since Deasy was an active - and fairly prominent - republican militant…
Two giants of Irish history
Big Fellow, Long Fellow: A Joint Biography of Collins and de Valera by T. Ryle Dwyer Gill & Macmillan 371pp, £19.99
De Valera's begrudging attitude to 'The Big Fellow'
Tim Pat Coogan replies to some assertions made recently about the historical legacy of Éamon de Valera.
Saint or sinner?
BIOGRAPHY: HARRY McGEE reviews Seán Lemass: Democratic Dictator By Bryce Evans The Collins Press, 328pp. €17.99
Capturing the drama and controversy of de Valera's 1919 visit to the US
BOOK OF THE DAY: ANNE DOLAN reviews De Valera in America: The Rebel President's 1919 Campaign by Dave Hannigan
De Valera's 1937 Constitution successfully stood test of time
The Constitution came into force 70 years ago today
De Valera, Dillon's 'jaundiced' view of women's suffrage
POLITICIANS Éamon de Valera and John Dillon had a jaundiced view of the women’s suffrage movement, historians recounted at a …
Birth of a nation: the treaty that transformed Ireland
OPINION: NEXT TUESDAY marks the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on December 6th, 1921
Berlin diary
What did the Germans think of us? Eurozone tensions have sparked some verbal hostilities in Ireland towards Germany, and many…
The maker of modern Ireland
POLITICS: Judging Lemass: The measure of the man By Tom Garvin Royal Irish Academy, 300pp. €30
Drafting up our destiny
Irish History: 'Few things have shaped and controlled Irish political and legal culture as decisively as the Constitution of…
The Long Fella re-imagined
History: This is a beautifully produced book. The Royal Irish Academy has certainly delivered for Dr Ferriter
A very different take on the life and legacy of 'Dev'
Family memoirs or studies can shed valuable light on important historical figures
An Irishman's Diary
It is time to move on to other subjects, other narratives; but let me conclude the prevailing narrative of recent weeks - remembrance…
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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