Eamon Bulfin, (1894 - 1968), son of the writer William Bulfin of Birr, in the present County Offaly, was born in Argentina. He was a pupil at Patrick Pearse's school, St. Enda's School (Scoil Éanna), and subsequently studied at University College, Dublin where he became captain of the Irish Volunteer Company. 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Birr (Biorra in Irish) is a town in the Midlands county of Offaly in the Republic of Ireland. ... County Offaly (Irish: Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ... Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (known to Irish nationalists as Pádraig Pearse or by his Irish name Pádraic Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was a teacher, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. ... St. ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ...

In the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin, he raised the tricolour on the GPO (General Post Office). Following the failure of the insurrection, he was condemned to death but, because of his Argentinian nationality, was instead deported to Buenos Aires. He was appointed by the President of the new Republic, Eamon de Valera, as Irish Representative to Argentina. de Valera described Bulfin's job as to “inaugurate direct trade between Ireland and the Argentine Republic… to co-ordinate Irish opinion in the Argentine, and to bring it into the Irish demand for a republic.”[1] Bulfin was one of several representatives abroad appointed for that purpose, and recognition of the importance of their work led to the establishment in February 1921 of a separate Department of Foreign Affairs.[2] Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Dublin Metropolitan Police Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Pádraig Pearse, James Connolly General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ... The General Post Office in an engraving from about 1827 New Garda recruits march past the GPO, Tostal 1954 The General Post Office (GPO) (Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin was at first held in a small building on the site of the Commercial Buildings, and was afterwards removed... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... Eamon de Valera (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Éamon de Bhailéara; October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century, and... The Department of Foreign Affairs (An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha) is the government department of the Irish government that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world. ...

In the 1920 County Council elections, Eamon Bulfin was nominated in his absence for a seat on King’s County Council. He was elected and, even though he was in Argentina, he was immediately appointed chairman of the council. One of the first things the new council did was to agree that the county’s name be returned to its ancient Irish form of County Offaly. County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ...

On the formation of the Irish Free State, Bulfin returned to Ireland, becoming active in local politics. His younger sister, Catalina, married the Nobel Prize-winner Seán MacBride. The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) (1922–1937) was the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties that were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... Seán MacBride Seán MacBride (January 26, 1904 – January 15, 1988) was a senior Irish politician, barrister, revolutionary & statesman. ...

See also

• Francis Bulfin TD

Raised the tricolour on the GPO in 1916, his family have to this day, to spite their Protestant faith, been hardline republicans, advocating a united Ireland. ...

External links

• An Irish Argentine in the Easter Rising (The Irish Post)