1975 Death Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 1959 Event Eamon de Valera elected President of Ireland 1957 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders 1957 Event Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1948 Event John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland 1937 Event Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 1932 Event Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland 1926 Event Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein 1923 Event Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1921 Event Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty 1919 Event Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann 1882 Birthday Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59
