National Archives - Marking the passing of an historic figure

De Valera’s funeral left one British diplomat under-whelmed, writes Ryle Dwyer.

BRITISH diplomats could not refrain from gloating over the absence of world leaders at the funeral of Eamon de Valera, according to official papers made public yesterday.

Ireland's former Taoiseach and President, who had been jailed after the 1916 Easter Rising, died in 1975 at the age of 92.