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Diarmaid Ferriter answers listeners questions about DeValera
His political and cultural legacy
Former President Patrick Hillery and Dr TK Whittaker recall working with Eamon DeValera
His ‘comely maidens’ vision and attitude to women, the Irish Language and attitude to sport.
Why was he the man so many could not forgive?
The 1950s and emigration, his replacement by Sean Lemass
International Statesman and Guardian of Neutrality
Formation of Fianna Fáil, taking power in 1932, 1937 Constitution.
Dev as soldier, prisoner and survivor
The War of independence, the Treaty Negotiations and the slide to Civil War