Éamon de Valera , by now Leader of the Opposition also did not attend , being represented by a senior Fianna Fáil figure who was a member of the Church of Ireland , Erskine H. Childers , a future President of Ireland himself .
Éamon de Valera , by now Leader of the Opposition , was represented by a senior Fianna Fáil figure who was a member of the Church of Ireland , Erskine Childers , a future President of Ireland himself .