When(and for how long)...was Ireland called Eire? ++++++++++ 03-27-03, 04:47 PM Jenny Roberts It was something to do with the names of the wives of the Kings of Ireland at the time ,but I don't know for how long it was called Eire.
03-27-03, 05:52 PM bedstor Helpful clue: Was in fairly recent history
03-28-03, 05:17 AM VivienneHa In 1936 Irish Prime Minister Eammon de Valera drew up a new constitution which was to replace the one originally drawn up after the forming of the Free State in 1922,among many important amendments was the clause that the Irish Free State was to be renamed Eire.It was put to a referendum which was narrowly accepted by the people in 1937.
03-28-03, 10:46 AM DorianGreyed What was de Valera's birth name?
03-28-03, 03:41 PM bedstor Re: De Valera's Birth name
He was sometimes called Edward Coll after his mothers maiden name (his father was Spanish)
quote: in Ireland he was known as Edward Coll and as a young man he reverted to his Irish/Spanish identity with Eamon de Valera, a name which incidentally proved a major asset in fixing him in the public mind after the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
03-28-03, 03:45 PM bedstor We have NOT got the end date (year) for the original question yet
03-28-03, 04:49 PM VivienneHa Sorry, didn't read all the question! On Easter Monday, April 18, 1949 Eire became the Republic of Ireland.So that makes it 12 years. de Valera's birth name was Edward De Valeros.
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