biography
| name: |
Cosgrave, William Thomas
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pronunciation:
[kozgrayv]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1965)
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| biography:
| Irish statesman and first president of the Irish Free State (1922–32), born in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the Sinn Féin movement at an early age, and took part in the Easter Rising (1916). He was elected a Sinn Féin MP (1918–22), and after his years as president became Leader of the Opposition (1932–44). |
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