De Valera's years as head of government
1932–1959 · Event
Dominated independent Ireland across three spells as head of government: a new constitution, the economic war, and neutrality in the Second World War.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Good Friday Agreement (1998)
- Partition of Ireland (1921)
- Plantation of Ulster (1609)
- Saint Patrick (385)
- Irish War of Independence (1919)
- Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921)
Around 1932
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- World War II (1939)
- Presidency of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Winston Churchill's first premiership (1940)