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... Sinn Fein executive . No action was taken ; the Sinn Fein leaders decided to await their arrest . The result was that almost all the leaders , including de Valera , were swept into the police net . A gunboat was waiting at Dunleary ...
... Sinn Fein executive . No action was taken ; the Sinn Fein leaders decided to await their arrest . The result was that almost all the leaders , including de Valera , were swept into the police net . A gunboat was waiting at Dunleary ...
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... Sinn Fein convention of October 1918 , when again they plumped for safe and reasonable men and left the hotheads and firebrands alone . Collins and Boland raged . It was not that they had not striven to show the delegates the error of ...
... Sinn Fein convention of October 1918 , when again they plumped for safe and reasonable men and left the hotheads and firebrands alone . Collins and Boland raged . It was not that they had not striven to show the delegates the error of ...
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... Sinn Fein long , and if I knew anything about those men who were com- mitting the police murders . I replied evasively , and he said , ' Sinn Fein has let you down , now it's up to you to get your own back ; you will benefit materially ...
... Sinn Fein long , and if I knew anything about those men who were com- mitting the police murders . I replied evasively , and he said , ' Sinn Fein has let you down , now it's up to you to get your own back ; you will benefit materially ...
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