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...point of agreement between President Cosgrave of Ireland and his bitter opponent De Valera, leader of the Sinn Fein, has been a common desire to see Gaelic culture and the Gaelic language predominant in the newly autonomous state. In Wales, recently a similar movement has gained official recognition; and Welsh, which is still the only language of some hundred thousand people, has become the medium of instruction in the majority of the public schools. But this revivefication of language and culture is but a phase of the nationalistic movement that is sweeping the world. In Russia, in Italy, in China...
...child, he studiously attended the strict Christian Brothers' schools in Dublin. A boy, he clerked over groceries. A youth, he espoused the passionate and patriotic doctrines of Sinn Fein. A man, he combined steady, profitable attention to business with such tireless subversion against the British that in 1916 he was sentenced to death, and only escaped under the general amnesty...
Fianna Fail: This party contains the other section of the original Sinn Fein party-those that refused to accept the Anglo-Irish treaty- and is led by Eamon de Valera. It is the principal Republican group in the Free State. Until a fortnight ago it steadfastly refused to enter the Dail unless the oath of allegiance to King George were removed. It recanted from this stand, however, and took the oath as "a matter of form (TIME...
...Sinn Fein: This group represents the die-hard Republicans, led by Miss Mary McSwiney, sister of Cork's late Lord Mayor. It believes in forcible methods to overthrow the Free State regime...
Observers awaited eagerly the assembly of the new Dail. There was always the chance that Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail deputies would try to enter without taking the oath-a move often threatened never attempted, and sure to lead to many a cracked Irish crown. Sober-minded Irishmen hoped that Mr. Cosgrave would consent to carry on, as before, with the readily obtainable support of the "neutral" parties...