It is one of the most divisive questions in Irish history: Éamon de Valera — hero, villain or something in between. This is the question we seek to answer on Wednesday evening. Adored by some for his adherence to republican principles, strong leadership and visionary statecraft and despised by many others for his strict social conservativism, stagnancy in his later years and his conduct regarding the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
A visionary statesman who shaped the Irish state as we know it or a treacherous force who caused a civil war and stalled a nation’s progress? This is the question we will be debating and you will be answering this Wednesday! Pizza and refreshments after!