Sinéad de Valera, also known as Sinéad Bean de Valera¹ (pronounced: shin-aid ban deh-vuh-lair-ruh), (3 June 1878 - 7 January 1975), was the wife of the Irish republican leader and third President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara (October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish...

Born Janice Flanagan in Balbriggan, County Dublin, she trained as a teacher and took up her first post in a national school in Dorset Street, Dublin. In her spare time she taught Irish with the Gaelic League in Parnell Square. One of her Irish students was Eamon de Valera, then a teacher of maths. On 8 January 1910 they were married. Together they had five sons and two daughters. During her husband's 50 years in public life she played little or no public rôle. Following the Easter Rising in 1916 she saw little of her husband. In 1932 de Valera became head of the government, and Sinéad de Valera started writing stories for children in both English and Irish. Though she kept to the background as far as public matters were concerned, Sinéad was a highly political person. Rumours differ, however, as to whether she was in fact more moderate or more radical than her husband. During her husband's fourteen years as President of Ireland she appeared in public on only very rare occasions. Balbriggan (Irish: Baile Brigín) is a town in north County Dublin, Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish Áth Cliath) is the county that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... The Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) is an organization for the purpose of keeping the Irish language spoken in Ireland. ... Eamon de Valera1 (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara) (October 14, 1882 - August 29, 1975), was a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and of the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War, and was subsequently... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Casca) was a militarily unsuccessful rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Sinéad de Valera died on 7 January 1975 on the eve of her sixty-fifth wedding anniversary. Her husband Éamon died nearly eight months later, on 29 August 1975. She is buried with him in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Glasnevin Cemetery is the main Catholic cemetery in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ...

Footnote

¹ "Sinéad wife of de Valera". This old form of address for married women has now largely, though not entirely, fallen from use.