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IE LMOD 448
Title
1975 'Eamon de Valera is Dead'
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- Twentieth Century (Creation)
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Paper, ink. 62.5 x 41 cm
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26/07/2011
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Front page of the Irish Times, Dublin, Saturday, August 30, 1975 when Éamon De Valera died. It has a photo of De Valera and multiple articles about him and his life.
On Saturday 30 August 1975, the Irish Times announced the death of Éamon de Valera. A towering influence, he served multiple terms as a socially conservative Taoiseach and President. De Valera retired from politics in 1973 at the age of 90, the oldest head of state in the world at the time. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Discolouring from age, creases from folding with extra discolouring along the creases.
