Top 10 Top 10 Politicians
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1. Henry Grattan
Grattan (1746–1820) entered Parliament in 1775 and was a great champion of the Catholic cause.
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2. Theobald Wolfe Tone
Tone (1763–98) has been described both as the founder of Irish nationalism and as a frustrated imperialist.
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3. Daniel O’Connell
The greatest leader of Catholic Ireland, O’Connell (1775–1847) was a constant agitator against the Union.
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4. Charles Stewart Parnell
Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1880, Parnell (1846–91) secured Gladstone’s conversion to Home Rule.
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5. Arthur Griffith
Griffith (1871–1922) launched Sinn Fein in 1906 and was elected president of the Dáil in 1922.
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6. Patrick Pearse
Pearse (1879–1916) was executed for delivering the Proclamation of Independence in 1916.
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7. Michael Collins
Commander-in-Chief of the government forces in the Civil War, Collins (1890–1922) was shot dead in his native County Cork.
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8. Eamon de Valera
Valera (1882–1973) was President of the Republic from 1959–73. His political ideal was a 32-county Gaelic republic.
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9. Charles Haughey
Prime minister for various terms from 1979 to 1992, Haughey (b.1925) remains a controversial figure.
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10. Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson was elected the first woman president in 1990.
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