biography
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| lived:
| (1872–1922)
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| biography:
| Irish nationalist politician, born in Dublin, Ireland. He worked as a compositor, then as a miner and journalist in South Africa (1896–8), before editing the United Irishman. In 1905 he founded Sinn Féin, editing it until 1915. He was twice imprisoned, became an MP (1918–22), signed the peace treaty with Britain, and was a moderate president of the Dáil Eireann (1922). |
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