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1. I was born in County Cork in the 19th Century. I was minister for finance in the first Dáil in 1919. I was affectionately known as the Big Fella. Who am I am?
2. I was born in Glenarm, Co Antrim in 1867. I was a co-founder of the Gaelic League, a nationalist movement established with the aim of promoting Irish language and culture. My brother James was the second last Governer General of the Irish Free State.
3. I was executed for my role in the 1916 rising in Dublin. I was married to Maud Gonne. I was mentioned in a poem by Yeats where he describes me as 'A drunken, vain-glorious lout.
'He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart'
4. In 1916 I read the proclamation outside the G.P.O. Owing to my hatred of the public school system and the way in which pupils were examined, I founded my own school, St Endas. I made a famous speech at the graveside of the great Fenian, O'Donovan Rossa.
5. I escaped execution in 1916 owing to my American ancestry. I was strongly opposed to the Anglo-Irish treaty and famously led my followers out of the Dail in 1922, thereby turning my back on democracy and causing the country to spiral into a bloody civil war. I wrote the 1937 constitution, Bunreacht na hEireann.
6. I was elected President of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain in 1877. I replaced William Shaw as leader of the Home Rule League. My death caused a huge split in the only party at the time that was campaigning for an Irish Paliament.
7. I was an Irish Fenian leader and a prominent member of the IRB. I was elected to the British Parliament whilst in Prison however this was deemed to be invalid as I was a convicted felon. I have a bridge over the river liffey named after me.
8. I founded the Irish Political Party, Sinn Féin. I was the head of delegation of Irish plenipotentiaries who travelled to Britain to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty. I died of a brain haemorrhage ten days before Michael Collins was shot.
9. My father served as surgeon to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. I led an abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 and was captured, tried and executed. I made a famous speech from the Docklands prior to my execution.
10. I was the founding member of the Fenian movement in Dublin in 1858. I played an active part during the 1848 Rebellion and was present in Ballingarry at the Council of War held on 28 July 1848. I am a Kilkenny native and there has been a local hurling team called after me.
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