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Cote
IE LMOD 643
Titre
1947 Éamon de Valera with Dr. Alan Thompson and Dr. Bethal Solomons
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
Photographic paper, ink. 28.5 x 32.5 cm
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Histoire archivistique
24/08/2011
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Portée et contenu
A black and white photograph of Éamon de Valera being greeted by Dr. Bethal Solomons with Dr. Alan Thompson in the background. The frame is captioned with the year and people photographed.
A rare photograph of then-Taoiseach Éamon de Valera smiling. De Valera is being greeted by Dr. Bethal Solomons at the Rotunda Bicentenary Congress. Dr. Solomons was “a world famous obstetrician and gynaecologist, rugby international, horseman, leader of liberal Jewry and of Irish literary and artistic renaissance.” Master of the Rotunda Hospital, he won ten caps on the Irish rugby team, was the first president of the Liberal Synagogue in Dublin, and was even mentioned in Finnegans Wake.
