De Valera in America The Rebel President and the Making of Irish Independence

by Hannigan, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780230619197
• ISBN10: 0230619193
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-05
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Eamon de Valera is one of the most famous characters in Irish political history. He co-authored the present-day Irish constitution, and in 1926, he founded Fianna Fáil, which continues to be the largest political party in Ireland today. In 1919, he arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotelannouncing himself the "President of Ireland."He was on a mission to convince the United States to not only recognize Ireland as an independent nation, but to fund the independence movement, which would be a clear affront to Britain. De Valera went on togive speeches in some of America's largest venues, including Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park, where he drew crowds of 60,000 people. Over the course of that year, he accumulated fame and scandal,but more importantly, he gained essential financial support for the fledgling Irish Republic. Here, award-winning journalist Dave Hannigan reveals the true story of de Valera's under-reported trip to America, exploring his questionable personal and political relationships, and thecosts and benefits of his perilous crusade.

Author Biography

Dave Hannigan is a columnist at The Sunday Tribune in Dublin, the Evening Echo (Cork) and The Irish Echo. A former Irish young journalist of the year, he is also an adjunct professor of history at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island. He lives in Rocky Point, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Author's Note	p. vii
Prologue	p. viii
Freeborn Man of the USA	p. 1
The Irish Lincoln Struts Down Peacock Alley	p. 11
Fenway's Green Monsters	p. 25
A Hundred Thousand Welcomes	p. 41
Go West, Young Man	p. 53
Sailing Stormy Waters	p. 61
Fighting Irishmen and Dressing Feathers	p. 71
Flag of Inconvenience	p. 81
Home Thoughts from Abroad	p. 93
Freedom and the Hard Sel	p. 105
Doctrine of Open Warfare	p. 115
St. Patrick's Day Massacre	p. 127
Not-Sp-Gentle Southern Swing	p. 139
Cold- Comfort in the Windy City	p. 151
Oilmen and Archbishops	p. 163
Family Matters	p. 175
Hunger Strikes from Far Away	p. 187
All That Glitters Is Not Gold	p. 197
Return of the Native	p. 209
Epilogue	p. 215
Appendix: Cast of Characters	p. 217
Notes	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 231
Index	p. 235
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