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Also known as Art Ó Gríobhtha, Art O Griobhtha, Arthur Joseph Griffith

Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922)

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Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1953-07-06
Active to
2021-08-13
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Preceded by
Éamon de Valera
Succeeded by
W. T. Cosgrave
President
Michael Collins
Leader
Éamon de Valera
Deputy
Jennie Wyse Power, Thomas Kelly
Constituency
Cavan
Born
( 1871-03-31 ) 31 March 1871, Dublin , Ireland
Died
12 August 1922 (1922-08-12) (aged 51), Dublin, Ireland
Cause of death
Intracerebral hemorrhage and heart failure
Resting place
Glasnevin Cemetery , Dublin, Ireland
Party
Sinn Féin
Spouse
Maud Sheehan ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1910 ) ​

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Arthur Joseph Griffith (Irish: Art Seosamh Ó Gríobhtha or Art Ó Gríofa; 31 March 1871 – 12 August 1922) was an Irish writer, newspaper editor and politician who founded the political party Sinn Féin. He led the Irish delegation at the negotiations that produced the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, and served as the president of Dáil Éireann from January 1922 until his death that August.

After a short spell in South Africa, Griffith founded and edited the Irish nationalist newspaper The United Irishman in 1899. In 1904, he wrote The Resurrection of Hungary, which advocated the withdrawal of Irish members from the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the setting up of the institutions of government at home in Ireland, a policy that became known as Sinn Féin (ourselves). On 28 November 1905, he presented "The Sinn Féin Policy" at the first annual convention of his organisation, the National Council; the occasion is marked as the founding date of the Sinn Féin party. Griffith took over as president of Sinn Féin in 1911, but at that time the organisation was still small.

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