Another useless factoid

Eamon De Valera, one of Ireland’s most influential figures, Prime Minister, President, military commander at the Easter Rising and much more, was born in NYC to an Irish immigrant mother named Coll.   Her brother lived in Washington CT, and the sister and baby used to visit. When Eamon’s Spanish father died, Coll sent his sister and Eamon back to Ireland where Eman was raised by his grandmother. Eamon would visit his Washington relatives when he came to the US during his long political career.