Vivion de Valera
Vivion Laurence de Valera (13 December 1910 – 16 February 1982) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, businessman and lawyer who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1945 to 1981.
He was the eldest child of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera.
He was named after his paternal grandfather, Juan Vivion de Valera.
Born in Dublin in 1910, Vivion de Valera was educated at Blackrock College, University College Dublin (MSc, PhD) and King's Inns.
While at UCD, he was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society.
He was called to the Bar in 1937.
After military service during The Emergency, de Valera retired from the army with the rank of Major.
In 1945, he embarked on a political career, being elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-West.
He served in Dáil Éireann until 1981.
He was a director of "The Irish Press" from 1932 until 1982 and managing director from 1951 until 1982.
Vivion de Valera died in Bray in 1982.
He was also the uncle of former Ministers and TDs Síle de Valera and Éamon Ó Cuív.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Rúaidhrí de Valera
Rúaidhrí de Valera (3 November 1916 – 28 October 1978) was an Irish archaeologist most known for his work on the megalithic tombs of his country.
He was the son of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera.
Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera (first registered as "George de Valero"; changed some time before 1901 to "Edward de Valera"; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent statesman and political leader in 20th-century Ireland.
His political career spanned over half a century, from 1917 to 1973; he served several terms as head of government and head of state.
He also led the introduction of the Constitution of Ireland.
Prior to de Valera's political career, he was a Commandant at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising.
He was arrested, sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, including the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders.
He returned to Ireland after being jailed in England and became one of the leading political figures of the War of Independence.
After the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, de Valera served as the political leader of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin until 1926, when he, along with many supporters, left the party to set up Fianna Fáil, a new political party which abandoned the policy of abstentionism from Dáil Éireann.
From there, de Valera went on to be at the forefront of Irish politics until the turn of the 1960s.
He took over as President of the Executive Council from W. T. Cosgrave and later Taoiseach, with the passing of the Constitution of Ireland in 1937.
He served as Taoiseach on three different occasions; from 1937 to 1948, from 1951 to 1954 and finally from 1957 to 1959.
He remains the longest serving Taoiseach by total days served in the post.
He resigned in 1959 upon his election as President of Ireland.
By then, he had been Leader of Fianna Fáil for 33 years, and he, along with older founding members, began to take a less prominent role relative to newer ministers such as Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney.
He would serve as President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, two full terms in office.
De Valera's political beliefs evolved from militant Irish republicanism to strong social, cultural and economic conservatism.
He has been characterised by a stern, unbending, devious demeanour.
His roles in the Civil War have also portrayed him as a divisive figure in Irish history.
Biographer Tim Pat Coogan sees his time in power as being characterised by economic and cultural stagnation, while Diarmaid Ferriter argues that the stereotype of de Valera as an austere, cold and even backward figure was largely manufactured in the 1960s and is misguided.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Sinéad de Valera
Sinéad de Valera( 3 June 1878 – 7 January 1975) was an Irish author of a number of children's books in both Irish and English.
She was married to Taoiseach and 3rd President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Margaret L. Kennedy
Margaret L. Kennedy( 1892 – date of death unknown) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
She was nominated by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera to Seanad Éireann in 1938.
She was re-appointed in 1943 and 1944 and served until 1948.
Robert Farnan (physician)
Robert P. Farnan (1898 – 7 January 1962) was a gynaecologist, farmer, and Senator from County Kildare in Ireland.
He was born at Batton, Castlemore, County Kildare and was educated at CBS Athy, Castleknock College and at the Royal University of Ireland.
Farnan was Professor of midwifery in University College Dublin, and became first chairperson of the Medical Research Council of Ireland upon its establishment in 1937.
He was also a gynaecologist to the Mater Hospital.
He was successful and wealthy, owning houses in Merrion Square and Howth, a Cadillac and a Rolls-Royce, as well as Bolton Castle, a tower house and farm in Kildare, where he bred Aberdeen Angus bulls.
Éamon de Valera's son Terry wrote in 2006, "Perhaps of all my father’s friends and colleagues none were so close, nor had his trust as had Robert Farnan.
" Farnan's home was de Valera's first hideout in 1919 after his escape from Lincoln Gaol.
He warned de Valera that his "external association" alternative to the Anglo-Irish Treaty was too subtle to persuade the public.
In September 1922, his house was the venue for a meeting between de Valera and Richard Mulcahy which tried in vain to halt the Civil War that the Treaty had started; it is mentioned in "As I Was Going Down Sackville Street", Oliver St. John Gogarty's memoir of the time.
In 1926 he became a founder member of the Fianna Fáil party and in 1938 de Valera nominated him to the newly formed Seanad Éireann as one of his eleven Taoiseach's nominees to the Seanad.
He would be appointed a Senator by each subsequent Fianna Fáil Taoiseach until 1961 when he retired from political life.
De Valera, who received financial support from Farnan for a time, made him a director of the "Irish Press" newspaper since its foundation in 1932.
President Douglas Hyde appointed Farnan as a member of the first Council of State in 1938.
In 1953 he was appointed to the Council of State by President Seán T. O'Kelly and would serve on the Council until his death.
He mentored Éamon de Valera, Jnr, who also became a gynaecologist.
After he retired from his medical career he had begun breeding Aberdeen Angus bulls.
He won various prizes and was President of the National Aberdeen Angus Association from 1946 to 1960.
Farnan's first wife, Lora, died in 1938; they had no children.
He remarried and had one child, Patrick, who became a Catholic priest.
Robert Farnan bequeathed Bolton Castle to the Archdiocese of Dublin to establish a monastic community, which was done by Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea after 1965.

Question: When did Vivion De Valera's father die?
Answer: 29 August 1975