1944 Irish general election
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The 1944 Irish general election to the 12th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 30 May, having been called on 10 May by President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election to
De Valera, 1939
Gen. Richard Mulcahy cropped
James Everett, 1949
Éamon de Valera
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Éamon de Valera was an Irish statesman. He served as the president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and three terms as head of government. He had a leading role in introducing the Constitution of Ireland
1944 Irish general election
…Irish general election to the 12th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 30 May, having been called on 10 May by President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies for 138 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas…
Portrait, c. 1918–1921
De Valera addressing a crowd on the steps of Ennis Courthouse, County Clare, in July 1917
The Kilmainham Gaol cell of Éamon de Valera
De Valera in March 1918