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Episode 18: The Long Fellow
FromYear ‘21
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Apr 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
To some people, de Valera was responsible for causing a civil war in Ireland. To others he was instrumental in freeing the country from British rule. A man with a passion for maths and opera, he was known to many as ‘The Long Fellow’ because of his great height. By 1921 he’d become leader of Sinn Fein, taken part in an audacious jail break, and would now oppose the Treaty negotiated between Ireland and Britain. He became Taoiseach (prime minister) three times, and later President of Ireland.
Released:
Apr 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (48)
Episode 1: The Table: Declan Harvey and Tara Mills tell the story of the creation of Northern Ireland. by Year ‘21