Eamon De Valera's Ireland


The following are some places in present day Ireland that are closely associated with Eamon De Valera:

 

Bruree/Bru Ri

Boyhood Home of Eamon de Valera and the De Valera Museum

The boyhood home of Eamon de Valera. One mile north of the town is the cottage he lived in after he came to Ireland from NewYork at the age of three. The school house he attended is now the De Valera Museum, housing his glasses, letters, photos, and a desk into which he carved his initials.

 

Ennis/Inis

The Clare Museum

 

Dublin

The Kilmainham Jail/Cill Mhaighneann

Now a museum, the Kilmainham jail, west of Dublin, housed political prisoners between 1796 and 1924. Leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916, including Pearse and Connolly, were executed in the yard. The last prisoner to be housed here was Eamon De Valera.