{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The Irish Republic abroad in 1920—Dev in America","description":"While the War of Independence raged in Ireland, a parallel international diplomatic campaign for recognition and funding for the underground Irish Republic was being waged. Central to this was the tour of Éamon de Valera, ‘President of the Irish Republic’, to the United States from June 1919 to December 1920. \n\n \n\nTo assess its success or otherwise listen to Tommy Graham, editor of History Ireland, in discussion with Michael Doorley, Darragh Gannon, Miriam Nyhan Grey and David McCullagh.\n\n \n\nThis Hedge School is supported by the Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht under the Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 initiative.","author_name":"History Ireland","author_url":"https://embeds.audioboom.com/channels/5025896-history-ireland","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/36520076/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}