Yes, I have read several comprehensive histories of Ireland and its transition into today's era, which of course contained accounts of de Valera. It's a beautiful island, and our ancestral town on Dublin Bay is a lovely small-farming and boating area, but I am oh, so very grateful that my illiterate great-grandfather and his sister (who stowed away) made the trip to Maryland and started over.
Europe has traditionally had serfdom, and it still has a mentality of serfdom -- moments away from the resurgence of islamic serfdom this time. At least our (red) states are still fighting for freedom.