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Kilmainham Gaol

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Kilmainham Gaol (Príosún Chill Mhaighneann) is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. [1]

86 relations: A Celebration, Anne Devlin, Éamon de Valera, Charles Stewart Parnell, Con Colbert, Constance Markievicz, County Donegal, Daniel O'Connell, Department of Education and Skills (Ireland), Department of Finance (Ireland), Department of the Taoiseach, Dublin, Easter Rising, Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary), Ernie O'Malley, Government of Ireland, Grace Gifford, Great Famine (Ireland), Henry Joy McCracken, Heuston railway station, In the Name of the Father (film), Irish Civil War, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Free State, Irish language, Irish nationalism, Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish War of Independence, J. E. Kenny, James Bartholomew Blackwell, James Connolly, James Napper Tandy, James O'Kelly (politician), Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, John Dillon, John MacBride, John O'Connor Power, Joseph Plunkett, Kilmainham, Kilmainham Treaty, List of jail and prison museums, Luas, Madeleine ffrench-Mullen, Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Davitt, Michael Dwyer, Michael O'Hanrahan, National Graves Association, National memory, ..., National Museum of Ireland, Office of Public Works, Oliver Bond, Paddington 2, Patrick Pearse, Paul Galligan, Peadar O'Donnell, Penal transportation, Phoenix Park Murders, Primeval (TV series), Prison, Prisons in the Republic of Ireland, Proinsias Mac Aonghusa, Red Line (Luas), Ripper Street, Robert Emmet, St Johnston, The Babe, The Emergency (Ireland), The Escapist (2008 film), The Face of Fu Manchu, The Italian Job, The Last Remake of Beau Geste, The Mackintosh Man, The Whistle Blower, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film), Thomas Francis Meagher, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke (Irish republican), U2, William Ewart Gladstone, William O'Brien, William Smith O'Brien, Willie Pearse, Willie Redmond, World War II. Expand index (36 more) »

A Celebration

"A Celebration" is a song by rock band U2.

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Anne Devlin

Anne Devlin (1780 – September 1, 1851) was an Irish republican who acted as housekeeper to Robert Emmet and who was also a cousin of two leading United Irish rebels, Michael Dwyer and Arthur Devlin.

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Éamon de Valera

Éamon de Valera (first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent statesman and political leader in 20th-century Ireland.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell (Cathal Stiúbhard Parnell; 27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician and one of the most powerful figures in the British House of Commons in the 1880s.

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Con Colbert

Cornelius "Con" Bernard Colbert (Conchúir Ó Colbáird; 19 October 1888 – 8 May 1916)D.J. Hickey & J. E. Doherty, A New Dictionary of Irish History from 1800, Gill & MacMillan (Dublin),, Pg.75 was an Irish rebel and pioneer of Fianna Éireann.

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Constance Markievicz

Constance Georgine Markievicz, known as Countess Markievicz (Markiewicz; née Gore-Booth; 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927) was an Irish Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette and socialist.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

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Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century.

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Department of Education and Skills (Ireland)

The Department of Education and Skills (An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Department of Finance (Ireland)

The Department of Finance (An Roinn Airgeadais) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Department of the Taoiseach

The Department of the Taoiseach (Roinn an Taoisigh) is the government department of the Taoiseach Article 13.1.1° and Article 28.5.1° of the Constitution of Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)

Edward "Ned" Daly (25 February 1891 – 4 May 1916) (Éamonn Ó Dálaigh); was commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion during the Easter Rising of 1916.

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Ernie O'Malley

Ernie O'Malley (Earnán Ó Maille; born Ernest Bernard Malley; 26 May 1897 – 25 March 1957) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) officer during the Irish War of Independence and a commander of the anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War.

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Government of Ireland

The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland.

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Grace Gifford

Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett (4 March 1888 – 13 December 1955) was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Henry Joy McCracken

Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767 – 17 July 1798) was an Irish Republican and industrialist from Belfast, Ireland.

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Heuston railway station

Heuston Station (Stáisiún Heuston; formerly Kingsbridge Station) also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Ireland's main railway stations, linking the capital with the south, southwest and west.

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In the Name of the Father (film)

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American biographical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Irish Congress of Trade Unions

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (often abbreviated to just Congress or ICTU), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trade Union Congress (founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions (founded in 1945), is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation to which trade unions in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland affiliate.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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J. E. Kenny

Joseph Edward Kenny (1845 – 9 April 1900) was an Irish physician, Coroner of the City of Dublin, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP).

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James Bartholomew Blackwell

James Bartholomew Blackwell (1763–1820) was an Irish mercenary and French Army officer serving the First French Republic and later under Napoleon.

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James Connolly

James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader.

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James Napper Tandy

James Napper Tandy (16 February 1739 – 24 August 1803) was an Irish revolutionary, and member of the United Irishmen.

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James O'Kelly (politician)

James Joseph O'Kelly (1845 – 22 December 1916) was an Irish nationalist journalist, politician and member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented the Roscommon constituency between 1880 and 1916.

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Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831 – 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan,, Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

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John Dillon

John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

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John MacBride

John MacBride (sometimes mistranscribed as McBride) or by his nickname "Foxy Jack" (7 May 1868 – 5 May 1916) was an Irish republican and military leader executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Irish Easter Rising in Dublin.

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John O'Connor Power

John O'Connor Power (13 February 1846 – 21 February 1919) was an Irish Fenian and a Home Rule League and Irish Parliamentary Party politician and as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland represented Mayo from June 1874 to 1885.

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Joseph Plunkett

Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

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Kilmainham

Kilmainham (meaning "St Maighneann's church") is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district.

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Kilmainham Treaty

The Kilmainham Treaty was an informal agreement reached in May 1882 between Liberal British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell.

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List of jail and prison museums

Museums have been created from many former jails and prisons.

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Luas

Luas (Irish pronunciation:; Irish for "speed") is a tram/light rail system in Dublin, Ireland.

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Madeleine ffrench-Mullen

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (30 December 1880 – 26 May 1944) was an Irish revolutionary and labour activist who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.

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Michael Collins (film)

Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War.

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Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins (Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence.

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Michael Davitt

Michael Davitt (Mícheál Mac Dáibhéid; 25 March 184630 May 1906) was an Irish republican and agrarian campaigner who founded the Irish National Land League.

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Michael Dwyer

Michael Dwyer (1772–1825) was a United Irishmen leader in the 1798 rebellion.

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Michael O'Hanrahan

Michael O'Hanrahan (Micheál Ó hAnnrachain; 16 January 1877 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish rebel who was executed for his active role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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National Graves Association

The National Graves Association (NGA) (Cumann Uaigheann na Laochra Gael) is an Irish organisation which seeks to maintain the graves of Irish republicans who died in the pursuit of a united Ireland.

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National memory

National memory is a form of collective memory defined by shared experiences and culture.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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Office of Public Works

The Office of Public Works (OPW) (or ‘Board of Works’ as it has also been called) is an Irish Government Office whose primary function is to support the implementation of Government policy and advise the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister of State at that Department, principally in the disciplines of property (including heritage properties) and flood risk management.

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Oliver Bond

Oliver Bond (1760?–1798) was an Irish merchant and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Society of United Irishmen.

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Paddington 2

Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film, directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby.

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Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; An Piarsach; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.

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Paul Galligan

(Peter) Paul Galligan (20 June 1888 – 14 December 1966) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who would experience over five years in prison as a result of his republican activities during the 1916 Rising in Enniscorthy and the War of Independence in County Cavan.

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Peadar O'Donnell

Peadar O'Donnell (Peadar Ó Domhnaill; 22 February 1893 – 13 May 1986) was one of the foremost radicals of 20th-century Ireland.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation or transportation refers to the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Phoenix Park Murders

The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in Phoenix Park in Dublin on 6 May 1882.

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Primeval (TV series)

Primeval is a British science-fiction drama television programme produced for ITV by Impossible Pictures.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.

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Prisons in the Republic of Ireland

Since independence, the Republic of Ireland has enjoyed an extremely low rate of imprisonment in comparison with the rate when it was part of the United Kingdom.

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Proinsias Mac Aonghusa

Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (English: Francis McGuinness; 23 June 1933 – 28 September 2003) was an Irish journalist, writer, tv presenter and campaigner.

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Red Line (Luas)

The Red Line is one of the two lines of Dublin's Luas light rail system.

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Ripper Street

Ripper Street is a British TV series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London and starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, and Adam Rothenberg.

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Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader.

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St Johnston

St Johnston, officially Saint Johnstown (Baile Suingean), is a village, townland, and electoral division in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland.

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The Babe

The Babe is a 1992 American biographical drama film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman.

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The Emergency (Ireland)

The Emergency (Ré na Práinne / An Éigeandáil) was the state of emergency which existed in the state of Ireland during the Second World War.

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The Escapist (2008 film)

The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis.

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The Face of Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller film directed by Don Sharp and based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer.

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The Italian Job

The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson.

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The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film.

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The Mackintosh Man

The Mackintosh Man is a 1973 British-American Cold War spy thriller film, directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason.

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The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower is a 1986 British spy thriller film starring Michael Caine and based on the novel of the same name by John Hale.

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923).

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Thomas Francis Meagher

Thomas Francis Meagher (3 August 1823 1 July 1867) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848.

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Thomas MacDonagh

Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh (Tomás Anéislis Mac Donnchadha; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader.

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Tom Clarke (Irish republican)

Thomas James "Tom" Clarke (Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh; 11 March 1858 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish republican revolutionary leader from Dungannon, County Tyrone.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone, (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party.

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William O'Brien

William O'Brien (2 October 1852 – 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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William Smith O'Brien

William Smith O'Brien (Liam Mac Gabhann Ó Briain; 17 October 1803 – 18 June 1864) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Young Ireland movement.

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Willie Pearse

William J. "Willie" Pearse (Liam Mac Piarais; 15 November 1881 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican executed for his part in the Easter Rising.

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Willie Redmond

William Hoey Kearney Redmond (13 April 1861 – 7 June 1917) was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer and soldier,Denman, Terence in: McGuire, James and Quinn, James (eds): Dictionary of Irish Biography From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002; Royal Irish Academy Vol.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmainham_Gaol

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