Born in New York City, Eamon De Valera served as this country's prime minister 3 times in the 20th century
- Independent.ie [PAR] Jan 24, 2016 ... Soldiering on: De Valera in his Volunteers uniform pictured around 1914 ... 
modern Ireland, amon de Valera's escape from execution after the Easter 
Rising ... since his early childhood," we're told, "but he was born in New York City, 
... Asquith, saying the British prime minister wanted the executions to end.