Griffith,Arthur

Griffith,Arthur
Grif·fith (grĭfʹĭth), Arthur. 1872-1922.
Irish nationalist leader who was a founder of the Sinn Fein movement for Irish independence (1905). He led the Irish delegation that negotiated the 1921 treaty with England that established the Irish Free State.

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