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What kind of an Irishman was that, and him a Sinn Feiner, always a lep ahead of the murdering Black & Tans in the days of "The Trouble?" What kind was it but himself. General Richard Mulcahy, 57, president of the opposition Fine Gael (United Ireland) Party in the Dail Eireann. And what did he say, the brave boyo? To his party convention in Dublin Mulcahy said...
...Foully, unfairly, in secret and undemocratically this decision has been taken and hurled at Parliament and the people," roared choleric Dr. Thomas O'Higgins, leader of Fine Gael, the principal opposition. Retorted De Valera, out to get a solid majority for his Fianna Fail: "I have no apology to offer. A minority government has responsibility but not power...
William Thomas Cosgrave, wild-haired, mild-eyed little leader of Eire's muted opposition party (the Fine Gael), retired. Successively a bar-boy, Sinn Feiner (he was sentenced to death, later pardoned for his part in 1916's Easter Rebellion) and Eire President (1922-32), 63-year-old Cosgrave is reported to have been ailing for eight years...
...Opposition Leader William T. Cosgrave's Fine Gael (united Ireland) Party won 32 seats, a loss...
...Independents won eight seats, a gain of three. Most notable was the victory of James Matthew Dillon, firebrand from County Monaghan and ex-Fine Gael deputy leader. Among 354 candidates he was the only one who stood for cooperation with the United Nations. Electorated he: "If anyone here wants Hitler to win I don't want his vote...