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“The first plank in Fianna Fáil's election manifesto and the first task de Valera now set himself in rewriting the Treaty was the deletion of the oath of allegiance from the constitution. Removing the oath went hand in hand with an onslaught on that other major symbol of the link with Britain, the office of governor general. De Valera and his ministers deliberately degraded the office by humiliating the incumbent by such measures as refusing to attend any public function where he was expected.”
― Ronan Fanning, Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power