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Born March 25, 1846 • Ireland
Died May 31, 1906 (aged 60) • Dublin • Ireland
Title / Office House of Commons (1895-1899), United Kingdom
Founder Land League
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish leader
O'Brien, William
William O’Brien
Irish politician
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Isaac Butt
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
William E. Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
prime minister of United Kingdom
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George Wyndham
British politician
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William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Irish leader
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O’Connell
Irish leader
John Dillon, 1890
John Dillon
Irish leader
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Sir Roger Casement
British politician
1st Baron Plunket, engraving by David Lucas, 1844, after a painting by Richard Rothwell
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
British-Irish lawyer
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
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Thomas Addis Emmet
Irish lawyer
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
Queen Anne
Anne
queen of Great Britain and Ireland
Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
British statesman