Sinead de valera biography of christopher
Written by Sinead de Velera, wife of the former Irish President and author of several collections of Irish fairy tales.
De Valera, Sinéad (–), teacher, folklorist, and writer, was born Jane Flanagan, 1 June , in Ballbriggan, Co. Dublin, one.!
Sinéad de Valera: More Than Just A Wife
This article explores the life of Sinéad de Valera, highlighting her contributions as an Irish-language activist, educator, author, and actress.
Sinéad de Valera, who died 50 years ago on January 7th, is probably mainly remembered as the wife of Eamon de Valera, but she was also an Irish-language activist for many years, a highly respected teacher for the Gaelic League, and proved a prolific author of children’s books in later life.
She was also an actor and even considered a career on the stage at one time.
She was born Jane (usually called Jennie) Flanagan on June 1st, 1878, in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, one of four children of Laurence Flanagan, a carpenter, and Margaret Byrne.
The family moved to Phibsborough in Dublin when she was seven as her father was made clerk of works for the building of St Peter’s Church there. Following local schooling, she attended Baggot Street Teacher Training College from where she graduated as a nati
