Arthur Griffith: Quick Facts

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Born	March 31, 1871 • Dublin • Ireland
Died	August 12, 1922 (aged 51) • Dublin • Ireland
Title / Office	president (1922-1922), Ireland • vice president (1919-1922), Ireland
Founder	Sinn Féin
Political Affiliation	Sinn Féin
Role In	Home Rule • Anglo-Irish Treaty

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Michael Collins seated with arms crossed, wearing a dark suit and tie, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait.

Michael Collins

Irish statesman

Eamon de Valera

Eamon de Valera

president of Ireland

William Thomas Cosgrave

William Thomas Cosgrave

president of Ireland

Robert Erskine Childers

Robert Erskine Childers

Irish writer and nationalist

Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell

Irish leader

Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O’Connell

Irish leader

John Dillon, 1890

John Dillon

Irish leader

Henry Flood

Henry Flood

Anglo-Irish statesman

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Sir Roger Casement

British politician

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Wolfe Tone

Irish leader

Patrick Henry Pearse.

Patrick Pearse

Irish poet and statesman

O'Brien, William

William O’Brien

Irish politician

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Conor Cruise O’Brien

Irish diplomat, politician, educator, and journalist

William Smith O'Brien, lithograph by H. O'Neill after a daguerreotype by Glukman, 1848

William Smith O’Brien

Irish patriot

Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

Irish politician

Emmet, Robert

Robert Emmet

Irish leader

T.M. Healy, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Lavery; in the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.

T.M. Healy

Irish politician

Mannix, Daniel

Daniel Mannix

Australian archbishop

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Thomas Addis Emmet

Irish lawyer

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Lord Edward Fitzgerald

Irish rebel