Thousands Pay Tribute at Éamon de Valera's Funeral, Dublin City, Ireland 1975

The coffin of Éamon de Valera the former Taoiseach and President is brought through the streets of Dublin to lie in state in St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle. Thousands of people from all over the country come to pay tribute.
Brian Farrell provides the commentary as the body of Éamon de Valera is carried through the streets of Dublin to Dublin Castle.
Éamon de Valera lay in state in St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle for 2 days. On 1 September 1975 his remains were taken to the Pro-Cathedral ahead of his funeral mass and burial at Glasnevin Cemetery on 2 September.

[@john_6232]

One of the greats.

[@sentimentaloldme]

My Dad adored Dev. He would have laid down his life from him...Where I came from all the wealthy folks voted for the Blueshirts (Fine Gael) while all the poor voted for Fianna Fáil...That changed over the years because "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."..Imagine a former Taoiseach and Minister of Finance telling the citizens of our country he never had a Bank Account and any money he had he won it on a horse. The present Fianna Fáil bear no resemblance to the original leaders of Fianna Fáil......

[@Scotia6261]

​@@sentimentaloldmeHe had Republicans hanged......ye and the blueshirts can't even hide it anymore that ye're two cheeks of the same arse.

[@DutchHolland77]

Was just at the headstone last week doing the tour.

[@sentimentaloldme]

Met Dev on three occasions as a child..A great man for the period he was living in..Made a fool of Churchill...and reminded him of the sectarian inlet that he had created in part of our country.

[@danbreen6946]

​@sentimentaloldme Stop telling lies , ok you've made you're point this coward of a man was you're hero

[@sentimentaloldme]

No lies you can not argue with the facts hitting you straight in the face. He was also elected in one of our northern counties twice in the South Down constituency...So it wasn't only in the south he was loved...He was regarded highly throughout our 32 counties..A replica of Gerry Adams being elected in the six and twenty six counties of Ireland...He stood for the reunification of our country and for that I hold him in high regard. I still say his final hour was his reply to Chuchill...another gangster.

[@owenmcgee8496]

I didn't realise there was such pomp & ceremony, i.e. an event. I thought he requested a simple funeral ceremony (like the simple headstone in Glasnevin)...no fuss. One learns something every day etc.

[@johnking5174]

DeValera's state funeral was barely covered by BBC or ITN - no live broadcast from Dublin, just a mention on the evening news programmes.

[@liamanderson1960]

Fair play to Develera. We could do with him today with the crisis this country is in and how Fianna Fail have destroyed the country again, Dev is turning in his grave

[@plasticbucket]

Its like a Mafia Funeral.

[@gerardodwyer5908]

Ireland was never the same country after Aer Lingus opened its Dublin to Copenhagen route in the 1970s, a nosebleed moment for the up to then UK-cities focused airline.

[@charlesrice8206]

I know my history and know who got dev out of jail so don't tell me about hisrory

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

So say that Éamon de Valera was not the best leader for his people and for Ireland, that Ireland should have progressed much quicker but Ireland was not a member of the EU, was not the most important business country in Europe for the USA during those years, the UK still had a hold on Ireland, it was Ireland main trading country, many countries in Europe were also very poor during those years, I do not know the full history in every detail but I am sure that Éamon de Valera did his very best for Ireland and its people.

[@roymunson1]

Check out his response to Churchill after ww2. Incredible come back and shut him right down.

[@sentimentaloldme]

He was the most elected leader and so was his party Fianna Fáil in the history of Ireland. I think that speaks volumes of how popular he was at the time amongst the citizens of Ireland.

[@bosco4533]

De Valera started a civil war when he lost an election, handed the country to the Catholic Church and doomed the nation to poverty for decades. Fuck him, fianna fail, Haughey and Aherne. Charlatans.

[@danbreen6946]

​@@sentimentaloldmePopular you say, look at the video about a few thousand people lining the streets half a million lined the streets for Michael Collins now that's popular

[@sentimentaloldme]

I'm telling you the facts..He served as Taoiseach on three different occasions: from 1937 to 1948, from 1951 to 1954, and finally from 1957 to 1959. He remains the longest serving Taoiseach by total days served in the post. He resigned in 1959 upon his election as president of Ireland. By then, he had been Leader of Fianna Fáil for 33 years. The party that he led was elected time and time again as a one party government and were dominant for a 41-year period between 1932 and 1973, an almost unbroken chain save for six years that John A. Costello of Fine Gael briefly interrupted. De Valera's reign is acknowledged for having successfully guided Ireland through World War II. Remember Fianna Fáil came from the Republican tradition . Poor men and women that gave their lives for Ireland. An exact replica of where Sinn Féin have come from. His finest hour was his reply to Churchill kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJPKgaN9bdWCbrcsi=p3iFb5Exn_c_Cznb

[@shutup2751]

de valera had good points and bad points, let the catholic church have way too much influence which ultimately is the reason why Ireland is in the mess it is today, we just replaced the catholic church with the neo-progressive church

[@sentimentaloldme]

Just remember how the citizens of one faith were treated by the oppressor for many many years before we got our independence in part of our country...They weren't even allowed to practice their faith...It was only natural that a country split in two on a sectarian head count would turn into a them and us...The old British way "divide and conquer"

[@liamanderson1960]

We replaced the church with the E.U, they now dictate what happens in Ireland. The E.U are the new Catholic Church

[@charlesrice8206]

To shoot colins in the back of the head was the lowest of the ow

[@charlesrice8206]

No loss

[@Sternly]

He deserved to be dumped in a ditch. He held us back and we're better off without him

[@john_6232]

Have you a shred of decency left in your “liberated” heart?

[@sentimentaloldme]

You think things were bad in the 26 counties..look what was happening in the six counties during this period...@@john_6232

[@Sternly]

@@john_6232 I reserve my decency for those who deserve it. I do not weep when bad people die. I don't care that they had some good contributions to the world when it is outweighed by the bad

[@maryfox7440]

Agree!

[@jethrobodean8585]

Jewish George Valero just like Briscoe and Jabotinsky. Who do you think financed Cromwell. William of Orange, Strongbow et al.

[@the_devils_jester]

Are you ok? Just take your pills and the nice men in the white jackets will come get you.

[@raftonpounder6696]

That was when Ireland began to throw off the shackles of the RC church. Dev caused most of Ireland’s problems post independence.

[@sentimentaloldme]

I wish the same could be said of the folks in the six occupied counties that was controlled by another church...That was even worse because it was created as a sectarian state on a sectarian headcount...

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@sentimentaloldme we were not, and are not, controlled by any church. And who occupies us? Ourselves? Go away.

[@sentimentaloldme]

@@raftonpounder6696 Yes you are ..The most sectarian failed political entity in Europe..but guess what you are being out voted not alone in the six but in the thirty two counties of Ireland..Take care of that new border in the Irish Sea 🇮🇪

[@maryfox7440]

Good riddance!

[@liamanderson1960]

You weren't there in 1916 or spend long stints on the run or locked up in prison, he wasn't perfect but he was a politician more than a soilder, he did his duty.

[@55ablebof]

I wonder what Dev would think of Ireland today and the party he founded?

[@liamanderson1960]

@@55ablebof not much. He would find it hard to believe that the leader of FF has sold out to the WEF and the UN.