1901, an amended birth certificate was issued, when de Valera was an adult, in which his first name was updated to Edward and his father's surname given as "de Valera". As a child, he was known as "Eddie" or "Eddy". An article, published in 2024 in the Journal of the Westmeath Archaeological and History Society, suggested that de Valera's baptismal record and birth certificate were forged by Irish nationalists in New York City in 1916 as part of an effort to spare him from execution.

Rearing in Ireland

According to Coll, Juan

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