Arthur Griffith

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Arthur Griffith was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, and key architect of Irish independence who founded Sinn Féin and later served as President of Dáil Éireann during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist
Irish politician
human
journalist
advocated Irish self-government within a dual monarchy with Britain
birthDate 1871-03-31
birthPlace Dublin NERFINISHED
Ireland
burialPlace Glasnevin Cemetery
causeOfDeath cerebral haemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
deathDate 1922-08-12
deathPlace Dublin NERFINISHED
Irish Free State NERFINISHED
describedAs key architect of Irish independence
edited Nationality (newspaper)
United Irishman (newspaper)
familyName Griffith
founded Sinn Féin NERFINISHED
givenName Arthur
ideology dual monarchy model inspired by Austria-Hungary
knownFor founding Sinn Féin
leadership during the establishment of the Irish Free State
language English
Irish
memberOfPoliticalParty Sinn Féin NERFINISHED
name Arthur Griffith
nationality Irish
notableWork The Resurrection of Hungary
United Irishman (newspaper)
numberOfChildren 2
occupation editor
journalist
politician
parliamentaryBody Dáil Éireann
participatedIn Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations
politicalMovement Irish nationalism
positionHeld President of Dáil Éireann
President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
Teachta Dála
Vice-President of Dáil Éireann
religion Roman Catholicism
representedInParliament Cavan NERFINISHED
East Cavan NERFINISHED
North-West Tyrone
roleInEvent chief negotiator for the Irish delegation at the Anglo-Irish Treaty talks
spouse Maud Sheehan NERFINISHED
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty


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