Re: Mayor of Dublin.

[Dan Peck <danpeck...>]

Robert Briscoe was a Jewish importer/exporter in the early 20th 
century in Ireland. He was instrumental in supplying arms to the 
Irish rebels during the years leading to the Easter rebellion and the 
subsequent war that led to the creation of the Irish Free State in 
the early 1920's. He was later the Lord Mayor of Dublin, a ceremonial 
post distinct from the actual mayor. His son Benjamin was also 
appointed Lord Mayor years later.

Eamon DeValera was an American-born Irish/Spanish Catholic. He was 
one of the leaders of the insurgent forces after the Easter 
Rebellion. He divorced himself from the faction that accepted the 
partition of Ireland. He was later elected Prime Minister and kept 
Ireland neutral during WW II.

Briscoe was quite popular, but DeValera was always a controversial figure.

>Robert Brisco
>Eamon De Valera was a catholic.
>
>On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Lesley Draper wrote:
>
>>  I believe the Jewish Mayor of Dublin wa , Eamon De Valera, I don't know the
>>  exact date but was early 1900 to the thirties.He played a role in the
>>  Irish revolution.Was very much liked by not only Dubliners, but many other
>  > Irish.    Ben

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