Kevin Christopher O’Higgins

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Born	June 7, 1892 • Ireland
Died	July 10, 1927 (aged 35) • Ireland
Political Affiliation	Sinn Féin

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Gerry Adams

Irish leader

Eamon de Valera

president of Ireland

William Thomas Cosgrave

president of Ireland

Arthur Griffith

president of Dáil Éireann

Michael Collins

Irish statesman

Robert Erskine Childers

Irish writer and nationalist

Seán T. O’Kelly

president of Ireland

T.M. Healy

Irish politician

William Henry O’Shea

Irish nationalist

Leo Varadkar

prime minister of Ireland

Charles Stewart Parnell

Irish leader

Micheál Martin

prime minister of Ireland

Michael D. Higgins

president of Ireland

Brian Cowen

prime minister of Ireland

St. Columba

Christian missionary

Enda Kenny

prime minister of Ireland

Constance Markievicz

Anglo-Irish countess and political activist

Mary Robinson

president of Ireland

Bertie Ahern

prime minister of Ireland

Shane O’Neill

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