Original: When de Valera resigned as President of the Republic on 6 January 1922 , O'Kelly returned from Paris to Ireland to try to negotiate a compromise , whereby de Valera could return to the presidency .
Simplified: When de Valera resigned as President of the Irish Republic on 6 January , 1922 , Ó Ceallaigh returned from Paristo try to persuade de Valera to return to the presidency .