12th August 1922: Irish politician and Sinn Fein leader Michael Collins (1890 - 1922) attends the funeral of the Irish Free Stater and founder of Sinn Fein, Arthur Griffith. One week later Collins was killed by anti-treaty republicans in an ambush near Bandon in County Cork. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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Eoin O'Hara
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1st January 1920: Irish republican leader Eamon de Valera (1882 - 1975), president of Dail Eireann, later Taoiseach and then President of the Republic of Ireland. He led a group of Sinn Fein rebels during the Easter Rising of 1916 and in 1926 he formed the Fianna Fail Party. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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Eoin O'Hara
