Eamon de Valera Biography and Timeline

Birth of Eamon de Valera

Birth of Eamon de Valera

Commandant

Appointed Commandant in the Irish Volunteers

Free State

The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established

Independence of Ireland

The Irish Free State, southern Ireland, is established

Siege of Dublin

24-29 April, leads 125 men & captures the Boland mill during the Easter Rebelion

Sinn Fein

Surviving leaders of the Rising under Eamon de Valera took over the party. De Valera replaced Griffith as president

Arrest of Eamon de Valera

Spared the death penalty because of his US citizenship & receives a life sentence. Arrested for treason, 1916-1917

Treason

Arrested for treason, 1916-1917

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for East Clare

Sinn Fein

Nearly splits between monarchist and republican wings at its Ard Fheis (conference) until, in a compromise motion, it proposes the establishment of an independent republic, after which people could decide whether they wanted a monarchy or republic

Arrest of Eamon de Valera

Spare execution, because of his American citizenship & released after nearly 2 years

Role range: 1918-1926

Execution

Spare execution, because of his American citizenship & released after nearly 2 years

Role range: 1918-1926

President of Ireland

Appointed President of Sinn Fein

Role range: 1918-1926

President of Ireland

Appointed President of the Provisional Republican Government

Role range: 1918-1922

Election

Sinn Fein wins 73 of Irelands 105 seats in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Parliament at the general election and many of the seats it won were uncontested

Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein wins 73 of Irelands 105 seats in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Parliament at the general election and many of the seats it won were uncontested

Election

Sinn Fein win 73 seats but refuse to sit at Westminster

Role range: 1918-1926

Constitution of Ireland

Sinn Fein elect an Aireacht (ministry) headed by a Priomh Aire (Prime Minister). 30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

Dail Eireann

30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

Priomh Aire

Sinn Fein elect an Aireacht (ministry) headed by a Priomh Aire (Prime Minister)

Sinn Fein

30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

Constitution of Ireland

37 Sinn Fein MPs establish the Dail Eirean, Irish Parliament

Role range: 1918-1926

Constitution of Ireland

The Irish Republic is proclaimed

Role range: 1918-1926

Arrest of Eamon de Valera

Michael Collins organises de Valeras escape from Lincoln Gaol

Role range: 1918-1926

President of Dail Eireann

Is elected President of Dail Eireann and forms the second ministry of the First Dail.

Role range: 1919-1921

Dail Eireann

2nd session of the Dail, Valera elected Priomh-Aire

Role range: 1918-1926

Death of Eamon de Valera

Irish Volunteers shoot 2 policemen dead & civil war erupts

Role range: 1918-1926

Dail Eireann

Helps found the Dail Eireann, Irish Assembley. Appointed Leader of the Dail Eireann, Irish Assembley

Leader Dail Eireann

Appointed Leader of the Dail Eireann, Irish Assembley

Election

In the local elections Sinn Fein win control of all the county councils except Antrim, Down, Londonderry and Armagh. In the 1920 city council elections, Sinn Fein gain control of ten of the twelve city councils in Ireland, only Belfast and Derry remain under Unionist and IPP (respectively) control

Dail Eireann

Refuses to sit in the British Parliament

Dail Eireann

Joins Nationalists in forming the Irish Assembly, the Dail Eireann

Role range: 1918-1926

War of Independence Truce

Accepts the truce that ends major hostilities in the War of Independence and opens the way to negotiations.

Role range: 1919-1921 – 1919-1921

Treaty Negotiations

Meets British Prime Minister David Lloyd George during exploratory talks preceding the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.

Role range: 1919-1921

Constitution of Ireland

De Valera rejects Dominion status for Ireland

Peace

The Irish Dail rejects the British peace offer

Constitution of Ireland

The Priomh Aire (also known as President of Dail Eireann) is upgraded to President of the Republic, a full head of state

Dail Eireann

The Priomh Aire (also known as President of Dail Eireann) is upgraded to President of the Republic, a full head of state

Priomh Aire

The Priomh Aire (also known as President of Dail Eireann) is upgraded to President of the Republic, a full head of state

Constitution of Ireland

The new Irish Free State is to be a Dominion, with a bicameral Parliament, executive authority vested in the king but exercised by an Irish Government elected by a lower house called Dail Eireann. Negotiations ultimately result in the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed on 6 December 1921, which provides for a new Irish State, named the "Irish Free State"