Griffith - Glasnevin Cemetery - Dublin, IE
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Grave of Arthur Griffith at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
Waymark Code: WMF9DV
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date Posted: 09/14/2012
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Arthur Griffith (1872-1922) was a journalist, writer, founder of Sinn Féin in 1905 and president of Irish Republic in 1922.
At his well maintained grave at Glasnevin Cemetery there is a headstone with a broken column at the top.
Headstone/Monument Text:
ARTHUR GRIFFITH, T.D.
cavan & tyrone
FIRST PRESIDENT Dáil Éireann
OF THE FREE IRISH STATE
FOUNDER OF Sinn Féin
EDITOR OF
THE UNITED IRISHMAN, Sinn Féin Éire (IRELAND),
SCISSORS & PASTE, NATIONALITY & Éire Óg (YOUNG IRELAND)
AUTHOR OF
THE RESURRECTION OF HUNGARY
AND BALLAD HISTORY OF IRELAND eT.
DIED 12th AUGUST 1922 AGED 50 YEARS
ERECTED BY HIS LOVING WIFE
R.I.P.
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