Input (grade 13): Domestic political career Hillery, though not himself political, agreed under pressure from Clare's senior Fianna Fáil TD, party leader and former Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, to become his running mate in the 1951 general election.
Output (grade 11): Domestic political career Hillery was asked by Éamon de Valera to be his running mate in the 1951 general election.