biography
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| lived:
| (1851–1927)
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| biography:
| Irish nationalist politician, born in Blackrock, Co Dublin, E Ireland. He studied at the Catholic University medical school in Dublin, and qualified as a surgeon, but turned to politics. He became a supporter of Parnell in the Land League, and in 1880 was returned for Tipperary. From 1885 to 1918 he sat for East Mayo. Following the divorce case involving Parnell in 1890, he eventually became leader of the Anti-Parnellite group (1896–9), and in 1918 led the remnant of the Irish Nationalist Party, but he was defeated in the election of 1919 by de Valera, and retired from politics. |
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