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On This Day: Arthur Griffith became President of Ireland's parliament
On 10 January 1922, Arthur Griffith (1871-1922) became President of Dáil Éireann replacing Éamon de Valera who had resigned the previous day. Griffith remained as President until his untimely ...
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Arthur Griffith wins East Cavan by-election
Cootehill, 22 June 1918 - Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Féin, has been elected to the Westminster seat for East Cavan. Mr Griffith is currently incarcerated, having been arrested in May as ...
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Arthur Griffith
Arthur Joseph Griffith was an Irish writer, newspaper editor and politician who founded the political party Sinn Féin. He led the Irish delegation at the negotiations that produced the 1921 Anglo ...
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She shot dead her lover, a crime to be re-enacted 70 years later
In 1954, glamour model Shirley Beiger shot and killed her lover, gangster Arthur Griffith, outside the Chequers nightclub in Kings Cross after she confronted him about another woman. When the jury ...
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Arthur Griffith condemns British repression
Dublin, 24 December 1919 - Arthur Griffith, MP and founder of Sinn Féin, has accused the British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, of presenting an appearance of placating Ireland for the ...