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Arthur Griffith

Arthur Griffith
In 1902 Irish journalist Arthur Griffith founded a group that later became the nucleus of the Irish nationalist society Sinn Fein (“we ourselves”). Griffith negotiated the treaty partitioning Ireland into Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, formerly Éire.
Hulton Deutsch
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Sinn Fein; Ireland; Griffith, Arthur; Ireland (island); Irish Civil War
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